FCPS Pupil Placing from South Lakes to Madison bc of IB- is it as easy as it seems?

[Anonymous]

You guys are funny.

[Anonymous]

I thought that there was only one school that you could transfer to for the IB/AP reason. So Marshall and Madison are linked. for exchange. South lakes is probably linked to a different school for AP- IB transfers. We tried a few years ago and they said Madison way completely over subscribed already, and only open to Marshall, and only under certain circumstances.
You can transfer out of Madison pretty easily but has to be done in January.

[Anonymous]

I know someone who is in Vienna at Marshall and heard that her child would have to go to Falls Church HS for AP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I'm not even going to bother reading all the prior posts, because the intent behind more than a few of them seems to be to punish you for wanting to opt out of an IB school.

If Madison is the closest AP school, and space is available, you should not have a problem arranging for a pupil placement. And, while the forms state that the approval is only for one year, in practice once you're in the door, the pupil placements get renewed each year. Your kid has to commit to taking a minimum number of AP courses.

Good luck. People have their reasons for picking AP over IB, and vice versa. One of the biggest home builders in Vienna lived in the Marshall HS district, and advertised that his houses were zoned for "great schools," but he sent his own kids to Madison HS. It happens.

Yeah, he told me that too. It was 6 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one is transferring to AP schools because they "can't handle" IB, unless you mean they didn't want to do the full IB diploma program. In that case they'd be in good company with the vast majority of students at the IB schools who don't transfer. By far the largest cohorts of high achieving kids in FCPS are at the AP schools.

Actually, in the example I mentioned these were the mom's own words. her child couldn't handle all the writing in the IB classes she was taking (she was never signed up for the full diploma. apparently the girl had an difficult time doing the essays and the revisions in her IB classes and as a result her mom felt she was struggling to master basic concepts in the subject.

sorry, I know we like to pretend that every student can do everything, but in this case it simply wasn't true and the grades reflected that. the girl transferred to an AP school and did much better.

[Anonymous]

So, could someone explain how the IB classes work if you don't do the diploma? To take the test and get the credit, do you have to take the class for two years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who is in Vienna at Marshall and heard that her child would have to go to Falls Church HS for AP.

I'm sure that Vienna mom shaped up pretty quickly and became a-ok with IB upon hearing that her child would have to attend Falls Church for a "curricular transfer"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is transferring to AP schools because they "can't handle" IB, unless you mean they didn't want to do the full IB diploma program. In that case they'd be in good company with the vast majority of students at the IB schools who don't transfer. By far the largest cohorts of high achieving kids in FCPS are at the AP schools.

Actually, in the example I mentioned these were the mom's own words. her child couldn't handle all the writing in the IB classes she was taking (she was never signed up for the full diploma. apparently the girl had an difficult time doing the essays and the revisions in her IB classes and as a result her mom felt she was struggling to master basic concepts in the subject.

sorry, I know we like to pretend that every student can do everything, but in this case it simply wasn't true and the grades reflected that. the girl transferred to an AP school and did much better.

I could believe that. AP is a lot easier than IB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

We are moving to a home zoned for South Lakes HS, and the next closest school is Madison. Do I understand it correctly that we have the option to send our child to Madison instead of South Lakes because we would prefer AP curriculum to IB? This seems too easy..

Are you sure it's not Oakton? I would look carefully at the attendance map.

NP here. I am wondering if it wouldn't be Herndon? Isn't Hendon closer to South Lakes than Oakton OR Madison?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who is in Vienna at Marshall and heard that her child would have to go to Falls Church HS for AP.

I'm sure that Vienna mom shaped up pretty quickly and became a-ok with IB upon hearing that her child would have to attend Falls Church for a "curricular transfer"

Yes, she did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who is in Vienna at Marshall and heard that her child would have to go to Falls Church HS for AP.

I'm sure that Vienna mom shaped up pretty quickly and became a-ok with IB upon hearing that her child would have to attend Falls Church for a "curricular transfer"

Yes, she did.

Pathetic!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

We are moving to a home zoned for South Lakes HS, and the next closest school is Madison. Do I understand it correctly that we have the option to send our child to Madison instead of South Lakes because we would prefer AP curriculum to IB? This seems too easy..

Are you sure it's not Oakton? I would look carefully at the attendance map.

NP here. I am wondering if it wouldn't be Herndon? Isn't Hendon closer to South Lakes than Oakton OR Madison?

I'm the OP of this post and FCPS rules indicate that it depends on distance from the student's home. The home in question is in Vienna but zoned to South Lakes, and Madison is by far the closest AP school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

We are moving to a home zoned for South Lakes HS, and the next closest school is Madison. Do I understand it correctly that we have the option to send our child to Madison instead of South Lakes because we would prefer AP curriculum to IB? This seems too easy..

Are you sure it's not Oakton? I would look carefully at the attendance map.

NP here. I am wondering if it wouldn't be Herndon? Isn't Hendon closer to South Lakes than Oakton OR Madison?

I'm the OP of this post and FCPS rules indicate that it depends on distance from the student's home. The home in question is in Vienna but zoned to South Lakes, and Madison is by far the closest AP school.

Oh, that makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is transferring to AP schools because they "can't handle" IB, unless you mean they didn't want to do the full IB diploma program. In that case they'd be in good company with the vast majority of students at the IB schools who don't transfer. By far the largest cohorts of high achieving kids in FCPS are at the AP schools.

Actually, in the example I mentioned these were the mom's own words. her child couldn't handle all the writing in the IB classes she was taking (she was never signed up for the full diploma. apparently the girl had an difficult time doing the essays and the revisions in her IB classes and as a result her mom felt she was struggling to master basic concepts in the subject.

sorry, I know we like to pretend that every student can do everything, but in this case it simply wasn't true and the grades reflected that. the girl transferred to an AP school and did much better.

I could believe that. AP is a lot easier than IB.

LOL. That must be why IB is in all the high-achieving schools (not).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is transferring to AP schools because they "can't handle" IB, unless you mean they didn't want to do the full IB diploma program. In that case they'd be in good company with the vast majority of students at the IB schools who don't transfer. By far the largest cohorts of high achieving kids in FCPS are at the AP schools.

Actually, in the example I mentioned these were the mom's own words. her child couldn't handle all the writing in the IB classes she was taking (she was never signed up for the full diploma. apparently the girl had an difficult time doing the essays and the revisions in her IB classes and as a result her mom felt she was struggling to master basic concepts in the subject.

sorry, I know we like to pretend that every student can do everything, but in this case it simply wasn't true and the grades reflected that. the girl transferred to an AP school and did much better.

I could believe that. AP is a lot easier than IB.

LOL. That must be why IB is in all the high-achieving schools (not).

AP is easier, IB was put in place to attract higher performing students. Whether it worked or not is up to debate.