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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Whew, this thread is a JOURNEY! I was asking about the overall experience for strong students. Everyone is focusing on math, which I get is likely because it's the only subject DCPS will expressly track and also because math is measurable in ways that other subjects are.

BUT I really did want to know more about the overall experience and feel. Math is only one piece of it, especially for my kid who is solid in math and above grade level but is unlikely to be seeking out BC calculus in 10th grade absent a personality transplant. [/quote]

OP you are asking about your above grade level kid.  When it comes to academics, there are no other opportunities or experience for string students in other subjects because there is no tracking.

Math is the only subject that al least tracks and it is not very advance as duscussed.

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Typing fast.  Sorry folks for errors.

I don’t think OP gets it FWIW.[/quote]

I get that math is the only subject where there's any true differentiation/tracking/whatever term you want to use in DCPS middle school. I get that EH seems to lump all the sixth graders together for math but if you excel there, you can be placed on a faster track for 7th and 8th. I further get that many of the folks here are unimpressed by those math options. I'm not wowed by them either (I'd much prefer my kid get tracked in 6th) but I can live with them for my particular kid and the fact that we're willing to supplement math.

But there are so many other parts to middle school. There are other subjects, of course, and I'd want to make sure they are adequate. Socially, I'd like to make sure my kid will actually have a peer group and not be singled out as a nerd. Clubs, activities, etc, are also really important. Middle school can be so miserable. I'm trying to figure out if my kid can have an overall good experience. [/quote]

The other subjects are not adequate OP.  You have kids 4 or 5 grade levels apart if there is no tracking. Teaching will be to the lowest common denominator.

What don’t you get about this OP?[/quote]

I want to hear about the good and the bad from people whose kids are like mine there. What don't *you* get about that? Do your kids even go there or are you just a troll?[/quote]

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