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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]An update: after a meeting with the principal and head counselor where the parents of rising 8th graders made their concerns known, the school made the decision to offer Algebra 2 in person this year. A great outcome and much appreciation for the flexibility and openness KMS showed. It really is a very good school. [/quote]

Great. Kids who really need resources get fewer so that your UMC snowflakes aren't inconvenienced in the slightest by the consequences of your own poor choices. Yay![/quote]

You have such venom for advanced students…why? [/quote]

Shortchanging math does no good and is emblematic of education being about ‘winning’ and not about learning. There is no reason to cram a year’s worth of fundamental math into six weeks. Until there are real immediate consequences for people doing so (as opposed to the later gaps that might not be noticed for years), people will continue to do so.[/quote]

A simple improvement to minimize the number of students going through this path but lacking strong fundamentals,[b] would be to just give them a geometry test prior to the start of school, or even before school starts but after summer geometry ends[/b]. Ensure the test is equivalent to a final exam that would be given to those completing the full year version. If the summer geometry students do well enough (whatever that metric may be) on it, then they should be ready for algebra 2; if not then they clearly have holes and it would be highly advisable not to skip.

I realize that this puts more pressure on these kids during the summer, but asking for pressure is part of signing up for this summer option in the first place. So if a family commits to this, it should be done correctly, including testing the student at the end to make sure they truly learned the concepts.[/quote]

You can't do that in a public school. Virtual Virginia credits are just as valid as FCPS credits and have to be accepted by FCPS [/quote]
Why couldn't you do that in VA? Are you saying a school is not legally allowed to give a student an exam to check whether they have actually learned a year's worth of material in 6 weeks? That would be strange and broken.[/quote]

It's a credit from another Virginia public school, FCPS has to accept it. If it were up to FCPS, summer geometry wouldn't even be an option after 7th- their hands are tied [/quote]How do parents enroll their middle schoolers in VAVA to take summer geometry when enrolling for the highschool (geometry is a highschool course at VAVA) requires having completed 8th grade and the relevant SOLs? https://vava.k12.com/how-it-works/how-to-enroll/eligibility-requirements/#:~:text=the%20following%20criteria.-,Applicants%20for,%2Dgrade%2Dlevel%20reading%20proficiency.[/quote]

Because a real prerequisite for geometry is completing Algebra 1, not being in high school. [/quote] Why isn't that listed on the website? What are the prerequisites for VAVA prealgebra/algebra 1?[/quote]

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