Each school year seems to bring a new set of intriguing questions.
This year Aragon apparently has a fairly large freshman class according to my tutoring students. As the school’s “best in the district” reputation spreads, it becomes increasingly popular, and everyone wants to transfer their child there. I am concerned that this is starting to stress the teaching staff.
Even more interesting to me is that, according to student reports, there are a significant number of freshmen and sophomores who are already enrolled in AP calculus. I wonder how they progressed so far, so fast. Russian School of Math?? How is this impacting older students in what are already challenging classes?
Finally I have been told that several of the math classes are full, and that students who bit off too much and tried to drop back from Calculus BC to AB found very few, if any, available spots for them. Meanwhile, I am getting the usual calls for help, but my schedule for this school year filled up as always by early June.
I am trying to get more detailed information on the items above, and have placed some calls. If any parents of Aragon students, or students themselves, can relate their experiences, either by contacting me privately using the Contact page on this website or via the public Comments section of this article, that would be greatly appreciated.
Note added early AM, 9/17/2018: As of now, this article has been read 176 times since it was posted on Saturday. The comments that I have received have all requested anonymity and this will be honored. I’d appreciate your help shedding light on the questions raised above and will write a follow-up soon. Thank you!
In the interim I would like to remind parents of two of my blog articles written some time ago that are still relevant:
Critical Warnings re AP Classes
Info from UC Berkeley confirms why students should not skip from Precalculus to Calculus BC
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