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Anonymous
Once more: The SB as said they want "programming equity." If they mean it, they are obligated to eliminate IB. |
Anonymous
Suuuuuure you did. 
I am filing that one under: “things that never happened.” |
Anonymous
The state stats are for students who are pursuing an IB diploma and the students who actually achieved the IB diploma. Doesn’t Marshall have all juniors take IB English by default? If the state numbers meant to encompass those who are taking 1 or more IB courses, the column would state that as it does for AP. The FCPS data is a year behind, but if you compare two similarly performing schools, Madison (AP) and Marshall (IB) the 11/12 grade participation is fairly even (834 vs 892). |
Anonymous
To clarify my post, I just looked at the actual net transfers out of Herndon on tableau and it’s -291, so close to 300 transfer out, not 400. Apologies for the wrong number but the analysis still holds. Those 291 net transfers can fill the gap at the school without creating further disruption outside the pyramid. Again, I’m not interested in scrutinizing net transfers in normal times, but it’s incredibly dishonest to claim a shortfall that requires kids to be moved in when there are 291 students transferring out of the school. |
Anonymous
Lewis has a similar high transfer rate to other high schools. |
Anonymous
We are doing an IB to AP transfer. We are required to take 4 AP classes by our senior year and 3 of them have to be completed by our junior year. |
Anonymous
It’s one of the craziest things about this boundary review that they really haven’t sorted out the future of IB. If you go back over time, they stopped making additional high schools IB schools in the early 2000s but they kept adding IB prep programs (PYP and MYP) to some elementary and middle schools. And they’ve given scant indication they might revert to AP at the IB high schools, despite the mediocre to poor IB diploma stats. They still seem infatuated with IB’s focus on “global citizenship” and creating “lifelong learners.” But they really ought to know that they can’t reassign kids from AP to IB high schools in connection with this boundary study without triggering a huge outcry. It’s almost willful ignorance to the likely consequences of their actions. |
Anonymous
That is not really a full course load of AP classes. A full course load would be 3 to 5 AP classes per year Just dallying with 1 per year is taking advantage of a loophole. There are only 2 to 3 AP classes offered 9th and 10th grade combined. Most IB schools offer those 2-3 AP classes. IB to AP transfered shuld not be allowed 9th and 10th grade, because students can get those 2-3 AP classes at the IB schools. |
Anonymous
Sure: “programing equity,” but the SB’s true goal here is: RACIAL EQUITY. Equity is their clear, primary goal. They’ve repeatedly stated their number one goal as a SB is not academics. It is equity. It is the E in DEI. It is all they care about. |
Anonymous
If they cared about that, they would focus on raising individual scores, not masking the problem with affluent kids. |
Anonymous
They only care about it politically. They do not care about it personally. Look at our favorite SB shill. The only way to help the poor is education--and that comes from instruction, good solid instruction that starts at the current level and moves forward. It does not come from throwing a struggling student into an IB class. |
Anonymous
Wonder if these are old policies. In the past, there were not many AP classes offered at freshman/sophomore level. In fact, there were not nearly as many at the Junior/Senior level as there are now. But, eliminate IB at all the schools and that will take care of the issue. |
Anonymous
FCPS IB AP transfer document- states take the course enrollment minimum not required to take the exam. IB is not limited to hopeful diploma candidates. https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2023-01/student-transfer-lou-ap-ib.pdf IB fees per school https://www.ibo.org/become-an-ib-school/fees-and-services/fees-for-authorized-schools/ IB assessment fees https://www.ibo.org/become-an-ib-school/fees-and-services/assessment-fees-and-services/ FCPS doesn't charge for theory of knowledge etc. If any student takes a total combined AB+IB number of tests greater than 6 the student is charged AP $99 or IB $123 [same as on the IB site]. FCPS most recent program budget for the first time split AP and IB. However it is really odd since for each of the 2 years there are the same numbers on the revenue for over 6 exams in both AP and IB. Besides spawning massive transfers IB has costs per school. Low diploma candidates? That cash still outflows. FCPS does not provide actual costs even on school detail budgets. How does IB have zero costs from Gatehouse? https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/FY-2025-Program-Budget.pdf FY 2025 FY2025 AP staff- 2 non school based=$415K $838,093.00 operating expenses $3,645,750.00 total $4,483,843.00 rev-fee for examsAP+IB>6/student $418,375.00 $4,065,468.00 fee $99 per test 4,226 [b]IB staff- zero non school based $1,401,641.00 operating expenses $1,903,736.00 total $3,305,377.00 rev-fee for examsAP+IB>6/student $35,669.00 $3,269,708.00 fee $123 per test greater than 6 289 |
Anonymous
For more history, when TJ was started, they predominately pulled from Annandale and Lewis neighborhoods, students AND teachers. Not discounting any current teachers at either school now but it left a drought of interest in either and their reputations have never recovered. I know they would never get rid of TJ now but bring programs back to the schools they were stained to rebuild. Moving boundary lines hasn’t and isn’t going to work for these schools to succeed. |
Anonymous
TJ did not pull from Lewis. Just Annandale. |