That’s not correct. The AAP parents received an email for Longfellow MS asking if they want their kids to take honors classes with other AAP kids or take them w the Gen Ed kids taking honors. Can anyone weigh in on the difference between the two cohorts? Is it noticeable ?

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Anonymous wrote:Algebra prior to 9th grade should not be allowed for any student in public school.

I don’t get why people keep spouting this line. The advanced kids at my middle/HS had algebra in 8th, and other schools had it in 7th. It had been that way since at least the 80s. Yes, not every kid should take Algebra in 7th or 8th, but some kids should and they do well in it. It’s not like you’re pushing trig or calculus on 8th graders - it’s just algebra.

You feed the trolls, their job is to spread the lies to shape public opinion for their agenda.
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My daughter was principal placed in AAP for all classes in 6th grade (only after we had many calls and meetings with her school to convince them). We applied several times in the past and didn’t get in or on appeal. This year I had a conference with her teachers after the 1st grading period and wrote down all of the positive things her teacher said about her and how she is thriving in the class quoted them in our parent submittal. She also had almost all 4s on her report card (better than when she was in the general ed class). I included all of the school based activities that she is in: chorus, pyramid honors chorus, all county chorus, SCA, Science Olympiad, bus patrol, etc. I think one of the major things that helped was she completed the entire Lexia Program through the 8th grade level in December. She was the first and still only child in 6th grade to complete. She is also learning another language on her own and reads several books a month for fun. I pointed out that in 5th grade the peer group in her class was reading books that are lower than the level my daughter was reading in 2nd grade and that she didn’t have a peer group to work with.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Algebra prior to 9th grade should not be allowed for any student in public school.

I don’t get why people keep spouting this line. The advanced kids at my middle/HS had algebra in 8th, and other schools had it in 7th. It had been that way since at least the 80s. Yes, not every kid should take Algebra in 7th or 8th, but some kids should and they do well in it. It’s not like you’re pushing trig or calculus on 8th graders - it’s just algebra.

You feed the trolls, their job is to spread the lies to shape public opinion for their agenda.
You must be new here.

Anonymous wrote:We were principal placed in 6th grade for AAP and did not get in for 7th grade on Friday. We are disappointed. We have been told by the school when we were principal placed it was important to apply and get a spot, our child thrived and we got no negative feedback from the school. It is a jump to skip a year of math and we gave our child support but child has thrived. We are looking for ideas for the appeal. The school in the past has said the vibe is very different with the cohort of kids in honors math aap and honors math everyone else. I am very very frustrated with the system.

There is no AAP Math in Middle Schools. Any kid in Adv Math can test into Algebra. They will be in Math 7 Honors with kids who just signed up, weren’t in AAP, etc.

-I work at a middle school.

Maybe take the center school angle. What does the center school have that she will be missing out on if not accepted
Expand on you last line , how did she blossom this year

My 6th grade was principal placed for AAP this year, we applied for full time services for 7th and did not get in. We are struggling with the appeal because we keep being told kid is registered for honors classes so only difference is the peer group in middle school. The AAP kids do honors classes together and the general Ed kids in honors are grouped together. What is the most compelling reason to in an appeal for my kid to not return to Gen Ed for middle school. My child has truely blossomed this year and enjoyed the challenges of the AAP classroom.

We were principal placed in 6th grade for AAP and did not get in for 7th grade on Friday. We are disappointed. We have been told by the school when we were principal placed it was important to apply and get a spot, our child thrived and we got no negative feedback from the school. It is a jump to skip a year of math and we gave our child support but child has thrived. We are looking for ideas for the appeal. The school in the past has said the vibe is very different with the cohort of kids in honors math aap and honors math everyone else. I am very very frustrated with the system.

If your kid switched to full time AAP for 6th, how did the school/teachers work to transition and catch them up?

My child was also principal placed into advanced math (and the rest of the curriculum) for 6th grade. Has anyone experience with applying in the 6th grade year and not getting in? We have applied several times into AAP and not gotten in and that's why we stopped applying in 5th grade.