This is my problem. I’m trying to advance ahead and get pre-calculus my sophomore year and one of the administrators won’t let me.

I took Algebra 1 my in middle school
I took Algebra 2x my freshman year.
And now I’m in Geometryx.

Since Geometry is required for Indiana anyway, I was going to double and get Geometryx and pre-calculusx at the same time.

Because my scheldule won’t allow me to take both at the same time, I was going to take pre-calx this year and Geometryx along with Calculusx my junior year. That way by my Senior year, my school will have no choice but to pay for me to go to IU and take Trigonometry (which will count as a college credit).

My father came up to the school and talked to one of the administrators. He (the assistant principal for juniors and seniors) said that it was okay if my math teacher thought that I could handle it. My father and I talked to my Geometry teacher and she agreed with us. We decided that I will take a Geometry test and if I test out, it will be okay for me to take pre-calx.

The principal got involved and she asked my father to write a note stating that if I fail pre-cal (because she thought that it would be too much for me) that it is not the school’s fault and that my father takes full responsibility. My father wrote the letter and signed it.

So now, I get my scheldule changed, and one of the other administrators (the assistant principal for freshman and sophmores) told me that she wasn’t signing my new scheldule and that I’m not going to take that class until my junior year.

Can she really do that? Even though I took the test and past? Is it against school board policies?

She told me to just stay in Geometryx and ask my teacher to give me more challenging work.

Is there anything I can do about this? Or do I have to wait till next year to take it.

By the way, I made a 4.0 average in Algebra2x. That was last year (my freshman year).

Just so you know, I have internet access, tons of math books, and my older sister is in Calculus AP right now and even tutored kids that was in pre-cal. Not to mention the pre-cal teacher him/her self

How can I possibly fail?

Frida

3 Responses to “Is this legal? It’s about school?”

1. jaymes_07 on February 5th, 2010 11:00 am

   Lucie

   It’s the school’s policy, there are no actual laws about this. If she won’t let you test out then its not going to happen. You can try talking to some other admin people to talk to her, and maybe have your teachers talk to her, but the final decision rests with her. It’s a school policy.

2. Alex on February 5th, 2010 8:25 pm

   Emilia

   take a chill pill man
   don’t you think its a little to much
   but if you can handle it the school can not
   say no to a child that wants to learn

3. thats-sweeet/ on February 6th, 2010 2:49 am

   Leigha

   If you already have all the teachers and the principal agreeing to let you take the class, then I don’t see how you can’t go to one of them and tell them that the assisstant principal isn’t signing off on your schedule.

   Usually, you’re supposed to finish geometry, algebra 1 and 2 before you take pre-calc… but if the teachers and the prinicpal are okay with it and signed off on everything, then I don’t see how the ASSISSTANT principal has a problem with it.

   Good Luck.