I like this effort to understand/summary of the other side in good faith (even though one can believe math education is important). I think way of rationalizin

I like this effort to understand/summary of the other side in good faith (even though one can believe math education is important). I think way of rationalizing it is that there are some parents that feel that orchestra, art exploration, debate, sports or <insert subject/extracurricular of choice> at the collegiate level. After all, many students excel at these and could get into an Ivy league/Big 10 college based on their performance in these subjects. At one point a district may decide to offer collegiate level coursework to students. Then funding dries up and cuts need to be made. Which courses should be kept and which should be cut and how should resources be allocated is a real question. Perhaps competitive math courses or multivariate calculus should be considered an "after school extracurricular" similar to the many after school extracurricular sports programs and schools should just focus on providing basic "PE level equivalent" math.