Hi Polarbear,
Thank you for sharing your experience and many advantages of ALEKS program. If it does get approved, I'd be sure to print out some record for future advocacy.
Our school district sounds like yours.... the elementary school years are the hardest to get acceleration. Once we reach 5th grade, there are three tracks of math (including one that teaches 5th and 6th grade math in 5th grade, then 7th and 8th grade math in 6th grade).
We have been asking for math acceleration for the last two years.... and this is the first time we *might* get some where. Just like your family, to help keeping up with their math knowledge, DD and DS have been doing EPGY on weekends (they are just to tired after school on weekdays).
We are waiting to hear the final verdict in a few days and will post once we hear.
Thank you again for sharing!
Mag
PS: Kudos to your friend who dedicated her time to teaching at school.... Do you happen to know how often did the school let her teach? Any particular guidelines she had to follow?
