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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.”

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Since she is Asst Superintendent, only one higher than her is Reid. So she’s saying Reid and School Board is forcing this?[/quote]

I also got the sense that they were being told to make this happen.  So those who are in charge of the implementation may not necessarily think it's a good idea.

I can't find any research that supports this much acceleration.  And I'm not aware of this happening in other districts, so there's nothing to model it on.

I don't understand why there's a need for this pilot.  Clearly there are some kids who need the challenge, but a much smaller number than was selected for the pilot.  All of these kids are going to be guinea pigs, and it will have a long-term impact on their math experiences.  I'm sure many can handle Algebra 1 in 6th, but can they handle the future high level courses when they'll now be taking them?  I don't want to push now only to have struggles later.[/quote]

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