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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“ On one hand, the students we're supposed to be helping are the bright, motivated ones who, due to poverty, have no time to invest in their studies. We've heard stories about how they're working odd jobs, babysitting siblings, and so on, meaning that their academics suffer out of practical necessity. At the same time, the students who the system is set up to help are lower income students with perfect GPAs, which seems to catch something entirely different from what the previous example said we were missing.” I would say we should be helping the poor child with great grades and promise but who due to those extra demands on time and/or fewer family resources is less likely to have paid for test prep and private extracurricular things like higher quality stem camps etc. [/quote] This type of quote is from someone living in a pipe dream. If a kid was gifted, he or she would have likely been identified as such and attend an AAP program. Keep in mind, those outside AAP are not even taking Algebra 1 Honors by 8th grade while you have kids already in Calc in some cases. For these kids, there is the STEM program at Edison HS that provides STEM opportunities for those with as interest and passion for STEM, but haven't taken the advanced math courses, and it's open to all FCPS students countywide. Students only have to complete Algebra 2 by 11th grade. What we have now are students in the class of 2025 that are so woefully underprepared that they had to create an even lower level remedial math course, Math 1. These kids are even on track to complete Calc by their senior year which means that TJ will have to again lower its standards so these kids can graduate. [/quote]
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