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Anonymous wrote:Serious question- do other counties like Howard County still do meaningful differentiation even at younger grades (e.g. before high school?) I don’t think we can move realistically but if we could I would be looking at Howard County elementary schools tonight. I really thought we were making a good choice for our kids when we bought in MOCO but every year it seems to disappoint more for gifted kids.

Would love additional perspective on this. The slide deck makes it seem like they are doing this to align to state requirements to stop “tracking” kids. Just trying to figure out who to direct advocacy/outrage…and if moving to hoco would even help avoid this issue.

The state guidance says that you have to have onramps and offramps, not that you can't have standalone classes. But MCPS already has this. Kids is math 4 can take math 5/6 the next year if they do really well. On the other hand, kids in math 4/5 who don't do well take math 5 the following year. Both of these happened when my kid was in ES.

MCPS is blaming this on the state, but it's what they have been trying to do for a long time. I remember well when they tried to do it just before the pandemic. Parents rallied and saved it. But Taylor seems much savvier than Smith was at the time. He is timing it so they won't have time to create compacted math classes for next year.

How did parents manage to save it then? Like, what was the actual process in getting the changes rolled back?

They flooded central office, the Board of Education, and school principals with calls and emails. They were furious.

Is there any movement this this year? Or is it so late after so much change people are fatigued?

The only way to find out is to do it.

Who at central office should we email.

Also I’m encouraging everyone to make sure those who aren’t here on DCUM or on the GEC listserv get this out to other parents in your neighborhood and your principals and teachers. Many have no idea this is happening. I just talked to a friend who assumed his 3rd grade son would start compacted next year. He was so upset when I told him what was happening.

Yes I think getting the word out about this is hugely important! Here are emails for the BOE and the Superintendent and Central office staff in charge of accelerated/enriched learning.

Let’s flood them with emails.

Graciela_Rivera-oven@mcpsmd.org, Brenda_Wolff@mcpsmd.org, Rita_M_Montoya@mcpsmd.org, Karla_Silvestre@mcpsmd.org, Laura_M_Stewart@mcpsmd.org, Julie_Yang@mcpsmd.org, natalie_zimmerman@mcpsmd.org, Anuva_C_Maloo@mcpsmd.org, thomas_w_taylor@mcpsmd.org, Niki_T_Porter@mcpsmd.org, stephanie_d_brant@mcpsmd.org, sheila_j_berlinger@mcpsmd.org, kristie_l_clark@mcpsmd.org

Sometimes I have seen groups put together forms that make this easy to do for a lot of people to do quickly. Is the GEC group going to do that? Also someone upthread mentioned a listserv how do we get on that?

I emailed gifted@mccpta.org to join

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question- do other counties like Howard County still do meaningful differentiation even at younger grades (e.g. before high school?) I don’t think we can move realistically but if we could I would be looking at Howard County elementary schools tonight. I really thought we were making a good choice for our kids when we bought in MOCO but every year it seems to disappoint more for gifted kids.

Would love additional perspective on this. The slide deck makes it seem like they are doing this to align to state requirements to stop “tracking” kids. Just trying to figure out who to direct advocacy/outrage…and if moving to hoco would even help avoid this issue.

The state guidance says that you have to have onramps and offramps, not that you can't have standalone classes. But MCPS already has this. Kids is math 4 can take math 5/6 the next year if they do really well. On the other hand, kids in math 4/5 who don't do well take math 5 the following year. Both of these happened when my kid was in ES.

MCPS is blaming this on the state, but it's what they have been trying to do for a long time. I remember well when they tried to do it just before the pandemic. Parents rallied and saved it. But Taylor seems much savvier than Smith was at the time. He is timing it so they won't have time to create compacted math classes for next year.

How did parents manage to save it then? Like, what was the actual process in getting the changes rolled back?

They flooded central office, the Board of Education, and school principals with calls and emails. They were furious.

Is there any movement this this year? Or is it so late after so much change people are fatigued?

The only way to find out is to do it.

Who at central office should we email.

Also I’m encouraging everyone to make sure those who aren’t here on DCUM or on the GEC listserv get this out to other parents in your neighborhood and your principals and teachers. Many have no idea this is happening. I just talked to a friend who assumed his 3rd grade son would start compacted next year. He was so upset when I told him what was happening.

Yes I think getting the word out about this is hugely important! Here are emails for the BOE and the Superintendent and Central office staff in charge of accelerated/enriched learning.

Let’s flood them with emails.

Graciela_Rivera-oven@mcpsmd.org, Brenda_Wolff@mcpsmd.org, Rita_M_Montoya@mcpsmd.org, Karla_Silvestre@mcpsmd.org, Laura_M_Stewart@mcpsmd.org, Julie_Yang@mcpsmd.org, natalie_zimmerman@mcpsmd.org, Anuva_C_Maloo@mcpsmd.org, thomas_w_taylor@mcpsmd.org, Niki_T_Porter@mcpsmd.org, stephanie_d_brant@mcpsmd.org, sheila_j_berlinger@mcpsmd.org, kristie_l_clark@mcpsmd.org

Sometimes I have seen groups put together forms that make this easy to do for a lot of people to do quickly. Is the GEC group going to do that? Also someone upthread mentioned a listserv how do we get on that?

Petitions get ignored, individual e-mails are better as long .

Also please make sure you send to boe@mcpsmd.org-- there is a Board staffer there who compiles the information to share with the Board and will reply to you (probably using AI, but still.) If it goes directly to Board members I don't think it will get added to the tally of "X number of parents wrote to the Board this week opposing this."

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question- do other counties like Howard County still do meaningful differentiation even at younger grades (e.g. before high school?) I don’t think we can move realistically but if we could I would be looking at Howard County elementary schools tonight. I really thought we were making a good choice for our kids when we bought in MOCO but every year it seems to disappoint more for gifted kids.

Would love additional perspective on this. The slide deck makes it seem like they are doing this to align to state requirements to stop “tracking” kids. Just trying to figure out who to direct advocacy/outrage…and if moving to hoco would even help avoid this issue.

The state guidance says that you have to have onramps and offramps, not that you can't have standalone classes. But MCPS already has this. Kids is math 4 can take math 5/6 the next year if they do really well. On the other hand, kids in math 4/5 who don't do well take math 5 the following year. Both of these happened when my kid was in ES.

MCPS is blaming this on the state, but it's what they have been trying to do for a long time. I remember well when they tried to do it just before the pandemic. Parents rallied and saved it. But Taylor seems much savvier than Smith was at the time. He is timing it so they won't have time to create compacted math classes for next year.

How did parents manage to save it then? Like, what was the actual process in getting the changes rolled back?

They flooded central office, the Board of Education, and school principals with calls and emails. They were furious.

Is there any movement this this year? Or is it so late after so much change people are fatigued?

The only way to find out is to do it.

Who at central office should we email.

Also I’m encouraging everyone to make sure those who aren’t here on DCUM or on the GEC listserv get this out to other parents in your neighborhood and your principals and teachers. Many have no idea this is happening. I just talked to a friend who assumed his 3rd grade son would start compacted next year. He was so upset when I told him what was happening.

Yes I think getting the word out about this is hugely important! Here are emails for the BOE and the Superintendent and Central office staff in charge of accelerated/enriched learning.

Let’s flood them with emails.

Graciela_Rivera-oven@mcpsmd.org, Brenda_Wolff@mcpsmd.org, Rita_M_Montoya@mcpsmd.org, Karla_Silvestre@mcpsmd.org, Laura_M_Stewart@mcpsmd.org, Julie_Yang@mcpsmd.org, natalie_zimmerman@mcpsmd.org, Anuva_C_Maloo@mcpsmd.org, thomas_w_taylor@mcpsmd.org, Niki_T_Porter@mcpsmd.org, stephanie_d_brant@mcpsmd.org, sheila_j_berlinger@mcpsmd.org, kristie_l_clark@mcpsmd.org

Sometimes I have seen groups put together forms that make this easy to do for a lot of people to do quickly. Is the GEC group going to do that? Also someone upthread mentioned a listserv how do we get on that?

I emailed gifted@mccpta.org to join

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question- do other counties like Howard County still do meaningful differentiation even at younger grades (e.g. before high school?) I don’t think we can move realistically but if we could I would be looking at Howard County elementary schools tonight. I really thought we were making a good choice for our kids when we bought in MOCO but every year it seems to disappoint more for gifted kids.

Would love additional perspective on this. The slide deck makes it seem like they are doing this to align to state requirements to stop “tracking” kids. Just trying to figure out who to direct advocacy/outrage…and if moving to hoco would even help avoid this issue.

The state guidance says that you have to have onramps and offramps, not that you can't have standalone classes. But MCPS already has this. Kids is math 4 can take math 5/6 the next year if they do really well. On the other hand, kids in math 4/5 who don't do well take math 5 the following year. Both of these happened when my kid was in ES.

MCPS is blaming this on the state, but it's what they have been trying to do for a long time. I remember well when they tried to do it just before the pandemic. Parents rallied and saved it. But Taylor seems much savvier than Smith was at the time. He is timing it so they won't have time to create compacted math classes for next year.

How did parents manage to save it then? Like, what was the actual process in getting the changes rolled back?

They flooded central office, the Board of Education, and school principals with calls and emails. They were furious.

Is there any movement this this year? Or is it so late after so much change people are fatigued?

The only way to find out is to do it.

Who at central office should we email.

Also I’m encouraging everyone to make sure those who aren’t here on DCUM or on the GEC listserv get this out to other parents in your neighborhood and your principals and teachers. Many have no idea this is happening. I just talked to a friend who assumed his 3rd grade son would start compacted next year. He was so upset when I told him what was happening.

Yes I think getting the word out about this is hugely important! Here are emails for the BOE and the Superintendent and Central office staff in charge of accelerated/enriched learning.

Let’s flood them with emails.

Graciela_Rivera-oven@mcpsmd.org, Brenda_Wolff@mcpsmd.org, Rita_M_Montoya@mcpsmd.org, Karla_Silvestre@mcpsmd.org, Laura_M_Stewart@mcpsmd.org, Julie_Yang@mcpsmd.org, natalie_zimmerman@mcpsmd.org, Anuva_C_Maloo@mcpsmd.org, thomas_w_taylor@mcpsmd.org, Niki_T_Porter@mcpsmd.org, stephanie_d_brant@mcpsmd.org, sheila_j_berlinger@mcpsmd.org, kristie_l_clark@mcpsmd.org

Sometimes I have seen groups put together forms that make this easy to do for a lot of people to do quickly. Is the GEC group going to do that? Also someone upthread mentioned a listserv how do we get on that?

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question- do other counties like Howard County still do meaningful differentiation even at younger grades (e.g. before high school?) I don’t think we can move realistically but if we could I would be looking at Howard County elementary schools tonight. I really thought we were making a good choice for our kids when we bought in MOCO but every year it seems to disappoint more for gifted kids.

Would love additional perspective on this. The slide deck makes it seem like they are doing this to align to state requirements to stop “tracking” kids. Just trying to figure out who to direct advocacy/outrage…and if moving to hoco would even help avoid this issue.

The state guidance says that you have to have onramps and offramps, not that you can't have standalone classes. But MCPS already has this. Kids is math 4 can take math 5/6 the next year if they do really well. On the other hand, kids in math 4/5 who don't do well take math 5 the following year. Both of these happened when my kid was in ES.

MCPS is blaming this on the state, but it's what they have been trying to do for a long time. I remember well when they tried to do it just before the pandemic. Parents rallied and saved it. But Taylor seems much savvier than Smith was at the time. He is timing it so they won't have time to create compacted math classes for next year.

How did parents manage to save it then? Like, what was the actual process in getting the changes rolled back?

They flooded central office, the Board of Education, and school principals with calls and emails. They were furious.

Is there any movement this this year? Or is it so late after so much change people are fatigued?

The only way to find out is to do it.

Who at central office should we email.

Also I’m encouraging everyone to make sure those who aren’t here on DCUM or on the GEC listserv get this out to other parents in your neighborhood and your principals and teachers. Many have no idea this is happening. I just talked to a friend who assumed his 3rd grade son would start compacted next year. He was so upset when I told him what was happening.

This was from the update GEC sent yesterday.

What you can do:

1) Reach out to Board of Education members and central office staff to share your feedback. Key email addresses are below.

Graciela_Rivera-oven@mcpsmd.org, Brenda_Wolff@mcpsmd.org, Rita_M_Montoya@mcpsmd.org, Karla_Silvestre@mcpsmd.org, Laura_M_Stewart@mcpsmd.org, Julie_Yang@mcpsmd.org, natalie_zimmerman@mcpsmd.org, Anuva_C_Maloo@mcpsmd.org, thomas_w_taylor@mcpsmd.org, Niki_T_Porter@mcpsmd.org, stephanie_d_brant@mcpsmd.org, sheila_j_berlinger@mcpsmd.org, kristie_l_clark@mcpsmd.org

2) Request a meeting with your principal to understand how cluster grouping will be implemented at your school and what the school will do to ensure consistent daily accelerated and enriched instruction in math and ELA. Given that principals are responsible for forming classes, it will be essential to understand how your principal will approach this.

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Anonymous wrote:So admittedly I am far removed from my own high school experience and my kids are still in ES, but the MS/HS math pathways surprised me a bit- do kids no longer take geometry and trig?

Pre-calc in 9th also seems a bit crazy to me (again this is coming from someone who graduated in the 90s where "accelerated" meant pre-calc in 11th and AP Calc in 12th). But I don't understand what some of these students are meant to take in 12th if they've already had two years of calculus by then.

When I went to a W school in the 90s, the accelerated path was 11th graders took Calculus AB then took BC in 12th grader. When I glanced at the slides yesterday, it looks like that path is still there.

Anything above that, students went to Montgomery College for the math courses back then.

MC has a lot of rules for doing advanced classes and told me no for my child. They wanted her to start back to Calc 1, saying that the Calc in MCPS may not be good enough. No way. They were really nasty about it.

This was back then in the 90s and really less then five students per year that I knew about that went that route. Like honestly sometimes maybe one or two students. And those students were like top tier. Like getting 1600 on their SATs without taking a prep course, having high prestigous jobs now, etc. Also I forgot to mention that I think AP Stat was an option as well back then.

But you'll see that a lot of schools aren't accepting AP scores for credits anymore. They really got cheapened when schools found out that was a factor in high school ratings and tried to get as many students as possible to take the exams. Like some schools won't give credit for AP scores anymore. At the most they'll let students take an advanced level of the course instead. ie instead of giving them credit for Math 101 and going to the next math course of Math 201, they'll place them in Math 105 and put them on track to take Math 205, the next year.

Which makes it even more sad when looking at the low college ready proficiency rates that some schools at MCPS has for their AP or IB scores.

I took APs in the 80s, and my kids have taken them recently. I don't think what you're saying is true. Many colleges (fancy private ones) never gave credit for APs. I got zero credit for all my fives. Big schools still give lots of credit for 4s/5s -- my niece went into Berkeley as a sophomore with her credits.
I also don't think the APs have gotten easier, comparing what i took to what my kids take. It's true that a lot more kids take them. I think it's also true that kids are going in more prepared. We didn't have things like Heimler's Videos on youtube to prepare us -- if you had a good teacher, you were prepared and could get that 5, and if you had a not great teacher, you basically weren't prepared and would probably get a 3. Now, every kid can be prepared if they want to put in the extra time, because there are good teachers posting their lessons online for free and sample tests posted online etc. So there's a lot more opportunity to actually learn the content. So I don't have a problem with that.

I do have a problem with the dumbing down of English curricula in supposedly honors classes -- that's where I think kids are really being cheated with today's system.

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Anonymous wrote:So admittedly I am far removed from my own high school experience and my kids are still in ES, but the MS/HS math pathways surprised me a bit- do kids no longer take geometry and trig?

Pre-calc in 9th also seems a bit crazy to me (again this is coming from someone who graduated in the 90s where "accelerated" meant pre-calc in 11th and AP Calc in 12th). But I don't understand what some of these students are meant to take in 12th if they've already had two years of calculus by then.

Acceleration looks like this:

Alg 7th
Geometry 8th
Alg2/Trig 9th
Precalc 10th
Calc 11th
MVC/Diffeq/Stats 12th

That's the route both my kids took (now in college, one about to go). The one in college is a dual math major. They easily passed all their accelerated math classes including MVC/Diffeq. MAPS scores always at highest %ile, PARCC scores always exceeding expectations, 5 on AP cal, 800 on SAT math. Kid would've been incredibly bored in ES without HGC (former name of CES) and compacted math. No, we did not ever tutor DC.

There are a lot of highly educated parents around here, so it's no surprise that there are a lot advanced learners here.

MCPS really is racing to the bottom. We had intentionally moved here for the magnets and acceleration programs. So glad to be done with MCPS before they killed every program that made it great.

On the link provided in the OP, it looks like starting in 2027-2028, there are three potential math pathways students will take (slide 14) where pre-calc may be taken anywhere from 9th-11 grade. Am I understanding this correctly? What is the difference between Math 6, Accel Math 6, and Grade 6 Pre-Alg?

I am partly asking this because we are currently overseas and I've been trying to keep track of where my kids (who currently attend an international school) will land when we return in a couple years. Which is hard when MCPS keeps making changes!

Math 6 = 6th grade math, on track to start algebra in 9th
Accel Math 6/AMP 6+ = 6th & half of 7th grade math (with the other half of 7th+8th taken in 7th grade), on track to start algebra in 8th-- for strong kids in grade-level 5th grade math or kids who did compacted 5/6 who could use a slowdown/reinforcement
Grade 6 Pre-Alg = 7th & 8th grade math (with 6th grade math completed in grade 5 as part of compacted math), on track to start algebra in 7th

Except this is the "old" way. It is not clear this is at all what's going to happen in the "new" proposal.

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Anonymous wrote:So admittedly I am far removed from my own high school experience and my kids are still in ES, but the MS/HS math pathways surprised me a bit- do kids no longer take geometry and trig?

Pre-calc in 9th also seems a bit crazy to me (again this is coming from someone who graduated in the 90s where "accelerated" meant pre-calc in 11th and AP Calc in 12th). But I don't understand what some of these students are meant to take in 12th if they've already had two years of calculus by then.

When I went to a W school in the 90s, the accelerated path was 11th graders took Calculus AB then took BC in 12th grader. When I glanced at the slides yesterday, it looks like that path is still there.

Anything above that, students went to Montgomery College for the math courses back then.

MC has a lot of rules for doing advanced classes and told me no for my child. They wanted her to start back to Calc 1, saying that the Calc in MCPS may not be good enough. No way. They were really nasty about it.

This was back then in the 90s and really less then five students per year that I knew about that went that route. Like honestly sometimes maybe one or two students. And those students were like top tier. Like getting 1600 on their SATs without taking a prep course, having high prestigous jobs now, etc. Also I forgot to mention that I think AP Stat was an option as well back then.

But you'll see that a lot of schools aren't accepting AP scores for credits anymore. They really got cheapened when schools found out that was a factor in high school ratings and tried to get as many students as possible to take the exams. Like some schools won't give credit for AP scores anymore. At the most they'll let students take an advanced level of the course instead. ie instead of giving them credit for Math 101 and going to the next math course of Math 201, they'll place them in Math 105 and put them on track to take Math 205, the next year.

Which makes it even more sad when looking at the low college ready proficiency rates that some schools at MCPS has for their AP or IB scores.

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Anonymous wrote:So admittedly I am far removed from my own high school experience and my kids are still in ES, but the MS/HS math pathways surprised me a bit- do kids no longer take geometry and trig?

Pre-calc in 9th also seems a bit crazy to me (again this is coming from someone who graduated in the 90s where "accelerated" meant pre-calc in 11th and AP Calc in 12th). But I don't understand what some of these students are meant to take in 12th if they've already had two years of calculus by then.

Acceleration looks like this:

Alg 7th
Geometry 8th
Alg2/Trig 9th
Precalc 10th
Calc 11th
MVC/Diffeq/Stats 12th

That's the route both my kids took (now in college, one about to go). The one in college is a dual math major. They easily passed all their accelerated math classes including MVC/Diffeq. MAPS scores always at highest %ile, PARCC scores always exceeding expectations, 5 on AP cal, 800 on SAT math. Kid would've been incredibly bored in ES without HGC (former name of CES) and compacted math. No, we did not ever tutor DC.

There are a lot of highly educated parents around here, so it's no surprise that there are a lot advanced learners here.

MCPS really is racing to the bottom. We had intentionally moved here for the magnets and acceleration programs. So glad to be done with MCPS before they killed every program that made it great.

On the link provided in the OP, it looks like starting in 2027-2028, there are three potential math pathways students will take (slide 14) where pre-calc may be taken anywhere from 9th-11 grade. Am I understanding this correctly? What is the difference between Math 6, Accel Math 6, and Grade 6 Pre-Alg?

I am partly asking this because we are currently overseas and I've been trying to keep track of where my kids (who currently attend an international school) will land when we return in a couple years. Which is hard when MCPS keeps making changes!

Math 6 = 6th grade math, on track to start algebra in 9th
Accel Math 6/AMP 6+ = 6th & half of 7th grade math (with the other half of 7th+8th taken in 7th grade), on track to start algebra in 8th-- for strong kids in grade-level 5th grade math or kids who did compacted 5/6 who could use a slowdown/reinforcement
Grade 6 Pre-Alg = 7th & 8th grade math (with 6th grade math completed in grade 5 as part of compacted math), on track to start algebra in 7th

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Anonymous wrote:Sign the petition to keep compacted math: https://c.org/Phy7HD75GZ

The Board doesn’t decide this. MCPS gets to do what it wants here. There are two pathways, make it abundantly clear to MCPS that the community doesn’t support this or get the Board to pass a new resolution requiring actual acceleration. The petition as framed is meaningless…

The point of a petition is to make it clear to the board that the community doesn't support this. Figuring out how to implement the community's wishes is part of the board's job.

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Anonymous wrote:So admittedly I am far removed from my own high school experience and my kids are still in ES, but the MS/HS math pathways surprised me a bit- do kids no longer take geometry and trig?

Pre-calc in 9th also seems a bit crazy to me (again this is coming from someone who graduated in the 90s where "accelerated" meant pre-calc in 11th and AP Calc in 12th). But I don't understand what some of these students are meant to take in 12th if they've already had two years of calculus by then.

When I went to a W school in the 90s, the accelerated path was 11th graders took Calculus AB then took BC in 12th grader. When I glanced at the slides yesterday, it looks like that path is still there.

Anything above that, students went to Montgomery College for the math courses back then.

MC has a lot of rules for doing advanced classes and told me no for my child. They wanted her to start back to Calc 1, saying that the Calc in MCPS may not be good enough. No way. They were really nasty about it.

Anonymous wrote:I think the petition is really well done. I think it expresses the concerns the community has about this change, and the lack of thought and transparency that should have been part of such a big change. MCPS is systematically dismantling ALL programming for advanced students in elementary school and cramming it down people’s throats without input from the community or acknowledging how badly the last change they made went. I am absolutely furious and know many others who are as well.

You can safely say "ALL programs for advanced students in all levels".

I think the petition is really well done. I think it expresses the concerns the community has about this change, and the lack of thought and transparency that should have been part of such a big change. MCPS is systematically dismantling ALL programming for advanced students in elementary school and cramming it down people’s throats without input from the community or acknowledging how badly the last change they made went. I am absolutely furious and know many others who are as well.

Anonymous wrote:Sign the petition to keep compacted math: https://c.org/Phy7HD75GZ

The Board doesn’t decide this. MCPS gets to do what it wants here. There are two pathways, make it abundantly clear to MCPS that the community doesn’t support this or get the Board to pass a new resolution requiring actual acceleration. The petition as framed is meaningless…

Anonymous wrote:So admittedly I am far removed from my own high school experience and my kids are still in ES, but the MS/HS math pathways surprised me a bit- do kids no longer take geometry and trig?

Pre-calc in 9th also seems a bit crazy to me (again this is coming from someone who graduated in the 90s where "accelerated" meant pre-calc in 11th and AP Calc in 12th). But I don't understand what some of these students are meant to take in 12th if they've already had two years of calculus by then.

When I went to a W school in the 90s, the accelerated path was 11th graders took Calculus AB then took BC in 12th grader. When I glanced at the slides yesterday, it looks like that path is still there.

Anything above that, students went to Montgomery College for the math courses back then.