Here, they appear on the transcript, kids get credit, and the grades are definitely figured into the GPA. One of the reasons the school has been so resistant to allowing acceleration I imagine; when kids sign up for middle school classes that are essentially high school classes on the middle school campus (like the math being discussed here), parents are sent multiple letters and what seem to be warnings, alterting them to this very point. (We are in a school where every parent is certain their kid should be in the top classes, etc, and in lieu of denying anyone opportunity, they allow anyone to take the advanced classes with a parental override of the teacher recommendations.)
I would see if you can ask someone (guidance counselor, perhaps) at the high school.
Same here. This is a big reason why our schools treat accelerations very very carefully, because they want kids to take challenging classes and get As. Parents sometimes don't realize this. For districts that routinely offer accelerated courses, they know exactly how these courses will be figured into transcripts and GPAs, parents need to find the right person to ask. My DD was allowed to start acceleration only this year (in 5th grade), she has finished 6th and 7th grade math and pre-algebra in the past 5 months or so, and will finish Algebra 1 before the end of 5th grade. But because her acceleration is arranged by the district, the district coordinator is keeping an eye and communicating with us on next steps.
