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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, if your child is not an AP kid, which it sounds like, ignore the AP posts.  MCPS calls some regular classes honors to make parents happy.  Einstein is a good choice, I'd just worry about the math piece.  MCPS is a mixed bag before covid and now during.  We are barely getting any education and will be basically homeschooling over the summer, especially math as there has been very little the past few months.  But, its very school and teacher specific as some schools/teachers are really going above and beyond and some are doing the absolute minimum.[/quote]

Hopefully, since it's 16 months away he'll be there in person.

I don't know if he's an "AP kid" but he definitely won't be an "AP freshman", if that makes sense.

Algebra 1 is one class, though.  If it's terrible, we'll get a tutor.  He'll come in in a good place, because we have the time to make sure his preAlgebra is really solid, and we have an online tutor now that we got because he's home due to covid and bored so we figured why not.  A year of math tutoring is cheaper than private school.

[b]But after the first year, he'll be in a classroom with 9th graders who took Algebra 1 in 8th right?[/b]  So the concerns people are expressing disappear?

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No, he will be with kids who have basically taken remedial math or the lowest/lower level math in MCPS and those kids then transition generally to Algebra in 9th.  Standard for MCPS is to take Algebra in 7th or 8th and then in 9th those kids will be in Geometry or Algebra 2.  The kids that take Algebra in 7/8 do not repeat it in 9th.  A few middle schools allow Algebra in 6th so what we are saying is his math could  be 2-3 years behind his friends in Math.  Other classes shouldn't be that much of an issue and depending on the school, some of the privates are much stronger in writing/reading/language arts so he could be ahead.

So, is it possible he take Algebra in 8th at your school and do pre-algebra this summer so he can be with his peers in 9th in Geometry?

Algebra in 9th is fine but what we are saying is most of the average to above average will have taken Algebra in 6-7-8 so the kids who will be taking Algebra in 9th will be kids not very strong in math, which is fine but some of his friends will be much further along and in 9th will be Geometry, Algebra 2 or above.   If he struggles in math, taking Algebra in 9th is a good choice but his peers will probably be in a higher level math.[/quote]

Any child at my child's school is his peer, and his potential friend.  So, the other kids in Algebra 1 will be his peers, and knowing my kid who makes lots of friends, his friends too.  If he takes preIB English, or Dance as PE or whatever else, those kids will also be his peers and his friends.

I am still confused as to why my bolded statement isn't true.  After Algebra 1 he'll be in Geometry, are you saying that a 10th grader taking Geometry wouldn't be in a class with a 9th grader taking Geometry?  If not, then wouldn't the issue that people seem to be concerned about, that the class would have too many kids who need support, be an issue for literally one year?

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