<p>To be clear, I’m not making him go to summer school because he got a B. I didn’t provide more details because I was asking a specific question, not looking for an opinion on him</p>
<p>At this point he’ll have missed about 60 math classes this year, including about 30 so far this quarter. The way grades are figured at his school, their final grade reflects all 4 quarters and 3 B’s and a C or D still come out to be a B in the course grade. He really doesn’t understand the work that they’re doing right now at all, and I assume it’s content he’ll need down the road. At this point, I don’t think his math teacher would let him go on to Geo. next year without some kind of summer intervention. He’s reviewing hard, and if he can demonstrate that he understands the stuff then I assume she and I will change our minds. </p>
<p>I do agree that reviewing Alg.1 right before Alg 2 might make more sense, but for a variety of reasons I’d rather not do it that way. One is that I’m not sure he’ll get approval to take Geo next year without summer school this summer. The second is that he’s involved in a couple of EC’s that have really exciting summer opportunities available for students entering 10th grade. I’d hate for him to miss those due to summer school next summer. </p>
<p>So my question isn’t “should I make my kid go to summer school”. He’s OK with summer school. He knows he’s got a variety of options – Algebra 1 in 9th, working with me over the summer, a tutor, and online program or summer school. Of those he prefers the social aspects of a class. So, my question is, if we’re choosing between 2 summer schools, how much weight in the decision should I give to the fact that one program’s grades will be on his HS transcript, while the others’ won’t?</p>