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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That is a really terrible decision for a school that has so many military kids.

Doesn't fcps have a military liason?  Someone needs to get them involved.

IB is useless for military kids.

Which school board member is in cahoots witn the company that owns the IB program?[/quote]

This argument is largely unfounded. Any juniors enrolled in full IB courseload right now at Robinson who happen to unfortunately receive PCS orders for their senior year would be able to enroll into a full AP load for senior year at the new school. Junior level IB prepares kids for senior AP classes because junior level IB is at a minimum equal to the Honors version of the subject (e.g., IB English SL/HL 1 equates to English 11 Honors which is a pre-req for AP Literature as a senior).

Any incoming military kids who are coming in as juniors will have the opportunity to enroll in two-year IB courses. Incoming seniors is where complications arise. In that limited scenario, they are indeed better off with a different program if they are seeking a full advanced course load.[/quote]

Incoming seniors won’t be able to participate and outgoing seniors don’t get an IB diploma or the benefit of a years worth of AP credits (typically a year when good students take a lot of AP classes). [/quote]

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