[APS] Washington-Lee IB Program as a Means to Avoid Wakefield

[Anonymous]

If you'd encouraged your child(ren) to do the WL IB program instead of going to Wakefield, for no particular reasons other than liking WL better, are/were you happy? any regrets? I know families of Wakefield, WL, and WL IB, and have met/seen/interactied with these students, and I'm honestly fine with Wakefield which is our neighborhood school, but still thought WL is just a better school/environment. My kid is still a few years away from HS so I do not know if one would be a 'better fit' vs the other, but then again I think most 'middle of road' kids would fit in just fine in any school.

Yes I'm aware of the capacity issue and that people might have strong opinions about this.

[Anonymous]

Why are you worrying about this if your kid is a few years away?

[Anonymous]

WL is so over capacity these transfers should not be allowed.

[Anonymous]

OP. It S crowded. We are in-zone, but I can tell you that the IB program is extremely demanding. A ton of kids complete the paltry minimum required to stay without completing the program. I wouldn't be surprised if the rules change.

Not all kids can handle the workload of a WL IB diploma,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WL is so over capacity these transfers should not be allowed.

But the program refuses to move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP. It S crowded. We are in-zone, but I can tell you that the IB program is extremely demanding. A ton of kids complete the paltry minimum required to stay without completing the program. I wouldn't be surprised if the rules change.

Not all kids can handle the workload of a WL IB diploma,

Do they boot them out if they drop/can't handle IB???? That's the only fair thing to do for those that paid in-zone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP. It S crowded. We are in-zone, but I can tell you that the IB program is extremely demanding. A ton of kids complete the paltry minimum required to stay without completing the program. I wouldn't be surprised if the rules change.

Not all kids can handle the workload of a WL IB diploma,

Do they boot them out if they drop/can't handle IB???? That's the only fair thing to do for those that paid in-zone.

I talked to a WL teacher recently who said that some students who transfer to WL, supposedly for the IB program, stop taking IB classes altogether and that the school has not been good about weeding them out. Hopefully that will change very soon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP. It S crowded. We are in-zone, but I can tell you that the IB program is extremely demanding. A ton of kids complete the paltry minimum required to stay without completing the program. I wouldn't be surprised if the rules change.

Not all kids can handle the workload of a WL IB diploma,

Do they boot them out if they drop/can't handle IB???? That's the only fair thing to do for those that paid in-zone.

I talked to a WL teacher recently who said that some students who transfer to WL, supposedly for the IB program, stop taking IB classes altogether and that the school has not been good about weeding them out. Hopefully that will change very soon.

The condition of the transfer is that the student commits to taking a certain minimum number of IB courses over the HS years. If the student does not take that minimum he or she is supposed to return to the assigned base HS. It's very clear in the transfer documents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP. It S crowded. We are in-zone, but I can tell you that the IB program is extremely demanding. A ton of kids complete the paltry minimum required to stay without completing the program. I wouldn't be surprised if the rules change.

Not all kids can handle the workload of a WL IB diploma,

Do they boot them out if they drop/can't handle IB???? That's the only fair thing to do for those that paid in-zone.

I talked to a WL teacher recently who said that some students who transfer to WL, supposedly for the IB program, stop taking IB classes altogether and that the school has not been good about weeding them out. Hopefully that will change very soon.

The condition of the transfer is that the student commits to taking a certain minimum number of IB courses over the HS years. If the student does not take that minimum he or she is supposed to return to the assigned base HS. It's very clear in the transfer documents.

Good. I'm sick of people lying and cheating the system and making my kids schools more over-crowded.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP. It S crowded. We are in-zone, but I can tell you that the IB program is extremely demanding. A ton of kids complete the paltry minimum required to stay without completing the program. I wouldn't be surprised if the rules change.

Not all kids can handle the workload of a WL IB diploma,

Do they boot them out if they drop/can't handle IB???? That's the only fair thing to do for those that paid in-zone.

I talked to a WL teacher recently who said that some students who transfer to WL, supposedly for the IB program, stop taking IB classes altogether and that the school has not been good about weeding them out. Hopefully that will change very soon.

The condition of the transfer is that the student commits to taking a certain minimum number of IB courses over the HS years. If the student does not take that minimum he or she is supposed to return to the assigned base HS. It's very clear in the transfer documents.

Yes, but enforcement has been lacking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP. It S crowded. We are in-zone, but I can tell you that the IB program is extremely demanding. A ton of kids complete the paltry minimum required to stay without completing the program. I wouldn't be surprised if the rules change.

Not all kids can handle the workload of a WL IB diploma,

Do they boot them out if they drop/can't handle IB???? That's the only fair thing to do for those that paid in-zone.

I talked to a WL teacher recently who said that some students who transfer to WL, supposedly for the IB program, stop taking IB classes altogether and that the school has not been good about weeding them out. Hopefully that will change very soon.

The condition of the transfer is that the student commits to taking a certain minimum number of IB courses over the HS years. If the student does not take that minimum he or she is supposed to return to the assigned base HS. It's very clear in the transfer documents.

Good. I'm sick of people lying and cheating the system and making my kids schools more over-crowded.

Do you have an idea how many 'cheaters' and 'liars' are there? Is it large enough to provide a true relief to crowding to oust them? My guess is it's a small number and would not make much difference. Moving the program entirely is the way to go.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP. It S crowded. We are in-zone, but I can tell you that the IB program is extremely demanding. A ton of kids complete the paltry minimum required to stay without completing the program. I wouldn't be surprised if the rules change.

Not all kids can handle the workload of a WL IB diploma,

Do they boot them out if they drop/can't handle IB???? That's the only fair thing to do for those that paid in-zone.

I talked to a WL teacher recently who said that some students who transfer to WL, supposedly for the IB program, stop taking IB classes altogether and that the school has not been good about weeding them out. Hopefully that will change very soon.

The condition of the transfer is that the student commits to taking a certain minimum number of IB courses over the HS years. If the student does not take that minimum he or she is supposed to return to the assigned base HS. It's very clear in the transfer documents.

Documents are clear. Two things though:

a) to my knowledge, no one has ever met anyone who was asked to leave.
b) the minimum number is fairly small, and thus not that hard to achieve.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP. It S crowded. We are in-zone, but I can tell you that the IB program is extremely demanding. A ton of kids complete the paltry minimum required to stay without completing the program. I wouldn't be surprised if the rules change.

Not all kids can handle the workload of a WL IB diploma,

Do they boot them out if they drop/can't handle IB???? That's the only fair thing to do for those that paid in-zone.

I talked to a WL teacher recently who said that some students who transfer to WL, supposedly for the IB program, stop taking IB classes altogether and that the school has not been good about weeding them out. Hopefully that will change very soon.

The condition of the transfer is that the student commits to taking a certain minimum number of IB courses over the HS years. If the student does not take that minimum he or she is supposed to return to the assigned base HS. It's very clear in the transfer documents.

Documents are clear. Two things though:

a) to my knowledge, no one has ever met anyone who was asked to leave.
b) the minimum number is fairly small, and thus not that hard to achieve.

I know someone. As a senior, in the middle of the year, after an illness forced the student to drop some classes. Guess one of you zealots reported that student. Hope you're luxuriating in that one extra seat.

When it was time for the boundary change, where were you? Volunteering to move to Wakefield? No? Then you can STFU.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP. It S crowded. We are in-zone, but I can tell you that the IB program is extremely demanding. A ton of kids complete the paltry minimum required to stay without completing the program. I wouldn't be surprised if the rules change.

Not all kids can handle the workload of a WL IB diploma,

Do they boot them out if they drop/can't handle IB???? That's the only fair thing to do for those that paid in-zone.

I talked to a WL teacher recently who said that some students who transfer to WL, supposedly for the IB program, stop taking IB classes altogether and that the school has not been good about weeding them out. Hopefully that will change very soon.

The condition of the transfer is that the student commits to taking a certain minimum number of IB courses over the HS years. If the student does not take that minimum he or she is supposed to return to the assigned base HS. It's very clear in the transfer documents.

Good. I'm sick of people lying and cheating the system and making my kids schools more over-crowded.

Go eff yourself. I'm tired of W-L being allowed to offer more academic programs than either Yorktown or Wakefield. Make W-L IB only and the dynamic would change.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP. It S crowded. We are in-zone, but I can tell you that the IB program is extremely demanding. A ton of kids complete the paltry minimum required to stay without completing the program. I wouldn't be surprised if the rules change.

Not all kids can handle the workload of a WL IB diploma,

Do they boot them out if they drop/can't handle IB???? That's the only fair thing to do for those that paid in-zone.

I talked to a WL teacher recently who said that some students who transfer to WL, supposedly for the IB program, stop taking IB classes altogether and that the school has not been good about weeding them out. Hopefully that will change very soon.

The condition of the transfer is that the student commits to taking a certain minimum number of IB courses over the HS years. If the student does not take that minimum he or she is supposed to return to the assigned base HS. It's very clear in the transfer documents.

Documents are clear. Two things though:

a) to my knowledge, no one has ever met anyone who was asked to leave.
b) the minimum number is fairly small, and thus not that hard to achieve.

I know someone. As a senior, in the middle of the year, after an illness forced the student to drop some classes. Guess one of you zealots reported that student. Hope you're luxuriating in that one extra seat.

When it was time for the boundary change, where were you? Volunteering to move to Wakefield? No? Then you can STFU.

What zealots are you talking about?