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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school is piloting it.  It looks like maybe up to half our AAP students are eligible?  My kid is not eligible and I'm glad.  There is no way I would let my sixth grader take a high school level class.  What is the rush?  My older kid's middle school math teacher noted that your brain has to be more fully developed for understand the abstract concepts in alg2.  There is no way that half of sixth grade AAP is ready for alg 2 in eighth grade.  This is going to be a s***show.[/quote]

My child qualified, and I think I’d agree with you on this. To make matters worse, the students taking the course will have virtually no foundation in pre-algebra. Even kids in programs like RSM or AoPS are typically planning to take pre-algebra this year to prepare for Algebra next year.

I’m not exactly surprised that Gatehouse came up with this cockamamie idea—rolling it out just a week before school starts—and then obligating schools and principals to launch the program without proper planning. Had they thought it through, they could have used 5th grade to incorporate core pre-algebra concepts that are essential for success in Algebra. But, of course, that would require Gatehouse to actually know what they’re doing.

It was also pretty clear that Dr. Reilly likely didn’t support this either. Her body language, along with how she answered the “why one week before the start of school” question, spoke volumes—she essentially said the decision was above her pay grade and pivoted to “the Board’s decision.”

Good job, FCPS![/quote]

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