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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are also hoping to transfer for this reason and did not see this option either. I thought it might be because my DC is already a freshman but perhaps not.[/quote]

I doubt that FCPS would allow a sophomore to use the language transfer loophole to start a new language. [/quote]

What about IB to AP for that language DC is already taking? The closest AP option does not have the language.[/quote]

If she is already taking the language at her current school, fcps won't let her transfer to a different school since her school already offers the language.

She could transfer using the IB loophole, but only if the receiving school is open to transfers.  For example, you cannot use IB to AP to transfer into WSHS, but you might be able to use it to transfer into South County.

Fcps is also adding more AP classes to IB schools with high transfer out rates like Lewis, to eliminate the hemorrhaging of high performing students out of those schools.

I have been following the school board intently on anything rezoning related.  It sounds like the rezoning brought to light the glaring issues of families abusing high school transfer loopholes, along with the absolute gutting of high performing students out of schools like Lewis due to these loopholes.  FCPS is trying to stop the hemorrhaging of high performing students going forward, by adding more AP classes to these low pefforming schools, ending the IB transfer loophole.  They are also going to add AAP level 4 to schools like Key so high schools like Lewis stop losing all their high performing AAP students to other high schools because the AAP kids want to stay with their AAP friends in other pyramids.

I am assuming, perhaps incorrectly,  that your family is zoned for Lewis or a school like Lewis.

Look at your high school course offerings for next year.  If your school is now offering all the underclassmen AP classes, such as AP World History, Computer Science and Human Geography, and has increased some of the upperclassmen AP options, such as adding AP Lang, Chemistry or Biology, US History and AB Calculus (traditional 11th grade offerings), then it is very likely that they are phasing out the IB to AP transfer loophole for your school, and that freshman/sophomore IB to AP  transfers will no longer be allowed since you can now get all of the available AP classes offered at every AP high school for 9th and 10th grades at your zoned high school.

This would be a huge step in the right direction, especially for students zoned to a school like Lewis that loses around 15% of its students, all higher performing, every school year.[/quote]

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