Please stop asking me if my child got into AAP...

[Anonymous]

TJ actually requires as many extra classes, including in foreign language, as IB. It's a very similar and enhanced diploma over AP offerings. In fact every core academic class class at TJ is Honors, AP, or POST-AP. DC is starting 9th there next year and every incoming freshman needs to take AP Statistics the first semester (and get at least an unweighted B average). It's not an AP choice, it's mandatory. So you really can't compare TJ to any other school, nor can you claim it is a rejection of IB. It's a lot like IB as far as extra work goes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ actually requires as many extra classes, including in foreign language, as IB. It's a very similar and enhanced diploma over AP offerings. In fact every core academic class class at TJ is Honors, AP, or POST-AP. DC is starting 9th there next year and every incoming freshman needs to take AP Statistics the first semester (and get at least an unweighted B average). It's not an AP choice, it's mandatory. So you really can't compare TJ to any other school, nor can you claim it is a rejection of IB. It's a lot like IB as far as extra work goes.

TJ is not an IB school and students there do take many AP courses. It is not anything like IB. The families who send their kids to TJ also overwhelmingly live in AP school districts. If the kids don't get into TJ, the parents want them in AP schools. Not a single middle school that sends a large number of kids to TJ has the IB MYP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:TJ actually requires as many extra classes, including in foreign language, as IB. It's a very similar and enhanced diploma over AP offerings. In fact every core academic class class at TJ is Honors, AP, or POST-AP. DC is starting 9th there next year and every incoming freshman needs to take AP Statistics the first semester (and get at least an unweighted B average). It's not an AP choice, it's mandatory. So you really can't compare TJ to any other school, nor can you claim it is a rejection of IB. It's a lot like IB as far as extra work goes.

TJ is not an IB school and students there do take many AP courses. It is not anything like IB. The families who send their kids to TJ also overwhelmingly live in AP school districts. If the kids don't get into TJ, the parents want them in AP schools. Not a single middle school that sends a large number of kids to TJ has the IB MYP.

That's because the kids from lower SES get to be the guinea pigs. Note that most IB schools are in areas of Fairfax County with lower income. It was gimmicky and hasn't worked to bring up those schools. They should get rid of it and give those kids access to AP, but I'm sure it won't happen because the few higher SES parents in those schools like the "school within a school" created by the IB diploma program and will fight to keep it. Of course we all know who will win that fight.

[Anonymous]

Our DC got into TJ and would have gone private if not TJ, but out of other public options we would choose Marshall IB over Langley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our DC got into TJ and would have gone private if not TJ, but out of other public options we would choose Marshall IB over Langley.

The number of real estate listings highlighting that homes are zoned to Langley vastly outnumbers those highlighting homes assigned to Marshall. While some may pick IB, the appeal of Langley AP over Marshall IB is very clear in the market.

[Anonymous]

I am not sure that the preference for Langley is based on Langley AP rather than Langley generally … Overall a better school than Marshall.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our DC got into TJ and would have gone private if not TJ, but out of other public options we would choose Marshall IB over Langley.

The number of real estate listings highlighting that homes are zoned to Langley vastly outnumbers those highlighting homes assigned to Marshall. While some may pick IB, the appeal of Langley AP over Marshall IB is very clear in the market.

Langley has long had a good reputation nationally, but forward-looking homeowners are increasingly opting for homes in Tysons area/Marshall district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure that the preference for Langley is based on Langley AP rather than Langley generally … Overall a better school than Marshall.

Again, still living off the old reputation. Things are changing quickly at these schools.

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Anonymous wrote:IB is better than AP.

None of the top high schools in FCPS has or wants IB. The turning point was when FCPS tried to replace AP with IB at Woodson High and parents objected.

This speaks more to parents lack of understanding than anything else.

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Anonymous wrote:IB is better than AP.

None of the top high schools in FCPS has or wants IB. The turning point was when FCPS tried to replace AP with IB at Woodson High and parents objected.

This speaks more to parents lack of understanding than anything else.

Au contraire, the situation at Woodson revealed that, the more parents learned about IB, the less they wanted IB at their school. The parents and students at AP schools who fought getting redistricted into South Lakes a few years ago felt the same way. As a result, there hasn't been a new IB diploma program in FCPS since 2001.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our DC got into TJ and would have gone private if not TJ, but out of other public options we would choose Marshall IB over Langley.

The number of real estate listings highlighting that homes are zoned to Langley vastly outnumbers those highlighting homes assigned to Marshall. While some may pick IB, the appeal of Langley AP over Marshall IB is very clear in the market.

Langley has long had a good reputation nationally, but forward-looking homeowners are increasingly opting for homes in Tysons area/Marshall district.

Langley/McLean/Madison all remain more sought-after than Marshall, with far more upper-bracket sales. Building a slew of new apartments in Tysons zoned for Marshall won't change that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our DC got into TJ and would have gone private if not TJ, but out of other public options we would choose Marshall IB over Langley.

The number of real estate listings highlighting that homes are zoned to Langley vastly outnumbers those highlighting homes assigned to Marshall. While some may pick IB, the appeal of Langley AP over Marshall IB is very clear in the market.

Langley has long had a good reputation nationally, but forward-looking homeowners are increasingly opting for homes in Tysons area/Marshall district.

Langley/McLean/Madison all remain more sought-after than Marshall, with far more upper-bracket sales. Building a slew of new apartments in Tysons zoned for Marshall won't change that.

Which is fine with us. Love that my kids are at a school with ethnic and economic diversity -- kids with part-time jobs, kids who haven't grown up having everything handed to them, kids actually fighting to find their place in the world as opposed to waiting around to have it handed to them. The fewer families in the upper income brackets the better.

What a snotty and misguided way to choose a school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our DC got into TJ and would have gone private if not TJ, but out of other public options we would choose Marshall IB over Langley.

The number of real estate listings highlighting that homes are zoned to Langley vastly outnumbers those highlighting homes assigned to Marshall. While some may pick IB, the appeal of Langley AP over Marshall IB is very clear in the market.

Langley has long had a good reputation nationally, but forward-looking homeowners are increasingly opting for homes in Tysons area/Marshall district.

Langley/McLean/Madison all remain more sought-after than Marshall, with far more upper-bracket sales. Building a slew of new apartments in Tysons zoned for Marshall won't change that.

Which is fine with us. Love that my kids are at a school with ethnic and economic diversity -- kids with part-time jobs, kids who haven't grown up having everything handed to them, kids actually fighting to find their place in the world as opposed to waiting around to have it handed to them. The fewer families in the upper income brackets the better.

What a snotty and misguided way to choose a school.

Not the PP, but as a Langley parent just thought I'd mention that plenty of Langley kids have jobs and haven't grown up with "everything handed to them". You sound resentful, but it would help if you wouldn't perpetuate tired stereotypes.

[Anonymous]

Agree about Langley. Although in McLean, Langley is a public school. Langley families aren't paying $30K plus per year for private school tuition.