I work at a community college and my soon-to-be sophomore son just finished his first class this summer. He took US history in lieu of going the AP route at our LPS. FWIW, my town is the only district in our area that does NOT participate in our strong DE program so my DS will be taking the same material he learned this summer again this year. That’s a whole other issue that I’m hoping they change but I’m still a proponent of him taking classes that provide him with college credit.
He plans to major in engineering and my hope is that he’ll be able to complete his general electives to satisfy requirements at a technical school like WPI. This would then allow him to pursue a minor but still spend the four years there. I’m a big fan of dual enrollment if the courses are selected well. He’s not aiming at ultra selective colleges where they won’t accept any DE or classes taken at other colleges.