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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting, PP.  We're choosing Marshall because it's IB, which we prefer over AP.  Also, we prefer less of the problems that go with a wealthier school.[/quote]

In the current school year, there are about twice as many kids in the Marshall district attending McLean for AP as there are kids in the McLean district attending Marshall for IB.  But Marshall is the closest IB school to a bunch of areas assigned to AP schools, including Langley and Madison, and McLean borders Arlington, so Marshall gets more total pupil placements than McLean.  AP is still more popular generally among parents in FCPS than IB, but having IB at Marshall probably gives it more of a "humanities magnet" feel than McLean. On the other hand, I think McLean has more of a "community school" feel than Marshall, and that it gets more local community support (as does Madison in Vienna) than Marshall does.

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I'm the one your quoting.  That makes a lot of sense because McLean and Madison are associated with towns (McLean and Vienna).  Marshall is not really associated with a town.  I hadn't really thought about it, but it makes sense.  I like the idea of a humanities feel because my kids are creative humanities types.  Everyone I know with kids at Marshall really likes it, but then again everyone I know with kids at McLean is happy, too.  I really think they are both great schools, just different.[/quote]

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