Texas parents help me out

AllThisIsNewToMe
Wed, 27 May 2009 22:19:14 +0000

My junior son has done pretty much all Honors(GT) & PreAP. They both get the extra point (A=6). I let him drop out of the English since it was incredibly difficult and that’s his weak area, however, I was stunned to see how ridiculously easy the “Advanced” (the only other level) was. Apparently in Fort Bend ISD there used to be 3 levels, but due to financial issues they dropped the middle level just named the lower level “Advanced” to sound better I guess.

If anything our district is adding more preAP. Our middle school offered PreAP’s for the first time (no extra points - just extra work). I thought they were great! However, I will NOT encourage my younger son to take the preAPs if he’s not getting the extra point until the remove the top 10% rule. It’s super easy to get an A in an “Advanced” course, but not nearly as easy to get a B in a PreAP. It’s kind of a risk even WITH the extra point, too much risk without it imho.

Can you tell us which ISD you are in?