Anonymous
11/08/2025 14:01
Subject: Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
About a quarter of our 6th graders dropped out. And I agree with the PP - what's the rush, everyone?
Anonymous
11/08/2025 08:02
Subject: Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
Anonymous wrote:This push to do Alg 1 so early is not developmentally appropriate for most kids. We won't be doing it next year in 7th grade either.
There are threads for discussing the program. This one is to discuss how it is going because people are curious. Would you please find one of the other 6th grade Algebra threads and join the discussion here so people don’t have to read through a ton of off topic posts.
Anonymous
11/07/2025 18:18
Subject: Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
Anonymous wrote:This push to do Alg 1 so early is not developmentally appropriate for most kids. We won't be doing it next year in 7th grade either.
Same. There is no reason to be in a rush. It's a rat race to nowhere.
Anonymous
11/07/2025 18:16
Subject: Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
I would fully expect to expunge and take Algebra I again next year as a 7th grader. Just use this experiment as a more advanced pre-Algebra class.
Anonymous
11/07/2025 14:27
Subject: Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
Anonymous wrote:This push to do Alg 1 so early is not developmentally appropriate for most kids. We won't be doing it next year in 7th grade either.
22:10 PP here. I agree 100%. I don’t know who is worse FCPS for making an announcement so close to the beginning of the school year, or the teachers who accepted to do the work, but are openly doing a bad job as if they are trying to prove that students cannot do it.
Anonymous
11/07/2025 12:37
Subject: Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
This push to do Alg 1 so early is not developmentally appropriate for most kids. We won't be doing it next year in 7th grade either.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 22:10
Subject: Re:Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our school got an on-site teacher. Certified, but not experienced in teaching Algebra 1 or MS/HS in general. Terrible implementation so far, but DC has an A at this point.
Do you feel like your kid is actually learning the curriculum? Bc while an A is nice, the curriculum is kind of important.
I don’t think my child is learning much at school. I think the curriculum, or at least the implementation at our school, is a joke. We are doing outside enrichment though, so DC will be fine.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 19:17
Subject: Re:Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
Anonymous wrote:Our school got an on-site teacher. Certified, but not experienced in teaching Algebra 1 or MS/HS in general. Terrible implementation so far, but DC has an A at this point.
Do you feel like your kid is actually learning the curriculum? Bc while an A is nice, the curriculum is kind of important.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 17:17
Subject: Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would rate it a 5/10 experience so far.
Given the rush to implement this, our school was unable to procure an on-site teacher, so they went virtual instead. Not ideal for 6th graders
Due to the initial messaging that the grade would be permanent after first quarter, half of the kids dropped it. It is unfortunate that the guidance indicating the grade can be expunged after the school year came so late.
I applaud the existing kids trudging thru the mud, paving the way for next year. I think it will be successful, despite the rhetoric from some teachers, who were displeased with the quick and dirty implementation, trying to get the kids to drop it
I don't know where your messaging came from, but the expunge option was clear both from our school and from DCUM from the beginning.
Can't really blame them, but it was the school principal, working off of the limited information at the time. The message was: you can drop the class before end of 1st quarter without consequence. After 1st quarter, you will receive withdraw pass or withdraw fail, depending on what the students grade was when withdrawing. Scared many people off
Maybe six or seven (heh) weeks after the school year began, it was clarified that the option to expunge exists (and had always existed)
Anonymous
11/06/2025 17:08
Subject: Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Any updates on how this is going after one quarter? For those with older kids, how does this compare to their algebra experience?
Report cards will come out soon. Our child was tracking to receive an A before the gradebook was taken down at the end of the quarter.
We are not a family that talks to other families about their grades, so I can only speak to our experience.
PP. This is at a 6-8 MS with an established Algebra teacher in a class with upperclassmen.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 17:07
Subject: Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
Anonymous wrote:I would rate it a 5/10 experience so far.
Given the rush to implement this, our school was unable to procure an on-site teacher, so they went virtual instead. Not ideal for 6th graders
Due to the initial messaging that the grade would be permanent after first quarter, half of the kids dropped it. It is unfortunate that the guidance indicating the grade can be expunged after the school year came so late.
I applaud the existing kids trudging thru the mud, paving the way for next year. I think it will be successful, despite the rhetoric from some teachers, who were displeased with the quick and dirty implementation, trying to get the kids to drop it
I don't know where your messaging came from, but the expunge option was clear both from our school and from DCUM from the beginning.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 14:12
Subject: Re:Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
Our school got an on-site teacher. Certified, but not experienced in teaching Algebra 1 or MS/HS in general. Terrible implementation so far, but DC has an A at this point.
Anonymous
11/06/2025 12:23
Subject: Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
I would rate it a 5/10 experience so far.
Given the rush to implement this, our school was unable to procure an on-site teacher, so they went virtual instead. Not ideal for 6th graders
Due to the initial messaging that the grade would be permanent after first quarter, half of the kids dropped it. It is unfortunate that the guidance indicating the grade can be expunged after the school year came so late.
I applaud the existing kids trudging thru the mud, paving the way for next year. I think it will be successful, despite the rhetoric from some teachers, who were displeased with the quick and dirty implementation, trying to get the kids to drop it
Given the rush to implement this, our school was unable to procure an on-site teacher, so they went virtual instead. Not ideal for 6th graders
Due to the initial messaging that the grade would be permanent after first quarter, half of the kids dropped it. It is unfortunate that the guidance indicating the grade can be expunged after the school year came so late.
I applaud the existing kids trudging thru the mud, paving the way for next year. I think it will be successful, despite the rhetoric from some teachers, who were displeased with the quick and dirty implementation, trying to get the kids to drop it
Anonymous
11/06/2025 10:09
Subject: Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
Anonymous wrote:Any updates on how this is going after one quarter? For those with older kids, how does this compare to their algebra experience?
Report cards will come out soon. Our child was tracking to receive an A before the gradebook was taken down at the end of the quarter.
We are not a family that talks to other families about their grades, so I can only speak to our experience.
Anonymous
11/05/2025 18:51
Subject: Q1 6th grade Algebra update?
Any updates on how this is going after one quarter? For those with older kids, how does this compare to their algebra experience?