<p>And another one in our district on the left coast, where we have somewhat whacky scheduling. </p>
<p>We have three terms a year, 5 classes a term. Classes are 70 minutes long, so an entire year of material is covered over two terms (with the exception of advanced calc which is a three term course). No APs or IB, though kids can and do take AP tests.</p>
<p>In general, kids take one term of chemistry in 9th and 11th, one term of physics in 10th and 12th, and various biology courses in 9th and 11th plus a geology course in 12th.</p>
<p>My freshman and sophomore are taking physics 10 this term which works because the freshman is in pre-calc and the sophomore has just finished multi-variate calc. They have the math background to handle it, so the school allows it. The sophomore has taken all available science courses but two, so will only have one term of high school level science as a junior.</p>
<p>The middle school allowed the kids to take algebra in 5th grade (sophomore) and 6th grade (freshman). That allows them to take physics early in high school because they are prepared. </p>
<p>There are kids all over the map in math at the high school, so kids can take physics 10 when they are ready and have an opening in their schedule.</p>