my name is jeff lucas, i am a parent of two san francisco unified school district students i'm here to make a statement regarding the math policy. i have an eighth-grader, "in the fall, want to take geometry and algebra, too. mice student recently passed at the math the validation test and will be placed in geometry. i contracted the future -- contacted the future high school to see how much they may double up and take algebra, two, and was told it was board policy that no ninth grader may take a math class higher than geometry. i reviewed the policy on that placement and it makes no mention of prohibiting ninth graders from taking math classes higher than geometry. i scoured the board policies and i still can't find any policy that prohibits ninth graders from taking math classes higher than geometry. if there is no such policy, please provide me with documentation that they may share with my student's high school. if there is such a policy, i request that the policy be reviewed, and note the following first, that the board and district should promote math and not place artificial res