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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So for open enrollment, students can sign up for whatever class they want in every subject? If they do poorly, can they be sent back to a lower level class?[/quote]

Yes, they can sign up for any class.  Get a D in math 7?  Skip math 8 and take algebra in 8th grade!  Get a D in algebra?  Go to honors geometry!

No, I cannot force any child to drop the class, ever.[/quote]

That’s completely ridiculous. Why is this allowed? My kid at a private school has to prove he can handle a higher level class by getting an A in the previous class. Either that or have high entrance test scores and even that may not guarantee he stays in the higher level class. He would still need an A to stay in that level the following year. [/quote]

Yep, private schools very heavily gate keep classes.  My kid is in a Big3 private and was not allowed to take an AP class because he received a 94 in the previous class in the series.  Admission to the subsequent AP required a 95. 
We asked the academic dean about bumping him up (kid had a personal interest in this subject) and the dean said no. [/quote]

It must feel great to those parents paying 50k a year to be told that their kid is too dumb to stay on an AP track. I wonder if those are the same parents who are shocked by their kids' college admissions  [/quote]

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