Hi, my D is a sophomore in high school who is in a special Ed math class. As a result she automatically needed to be placed in a self contained science class. As of 2 years ago, some genius in our school district decided that Earth Science would be too difficult for these students and waived it, replacing it with an extra year of biology in grade 9, followed by year 2 of bio in grade 10, with the Regents taken in June (we live in NY.) Despite have a grade of 97 all year in bio and high grades last year, her GC is telling her athat she cannot take Chemistry in junior year, or geometry or Algebra 2 junior year after she completes Algebra 1 next month. This is because she is on a slower track for math and science, and apparently once a student is on a specific track, they remain there until graduation. Had I known this could impact her chances of getting into a 4 year college I would have fought it. My question is, will the missing Earth Science and possibly Geometry affect her chances regardless of her high GPA? And isn't there Geometry on the SAT and ACT? The special Ed chairperson said they will prep them the SAT in their self contained math class in junior year which is something called Algebra 3, which I never heard of.
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