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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for the replies. OHS is a stones throw from our home. I have considered this. However, In other states IB is very, very selective. Is that true in FCPS? Why do lower ranked schools have IB, but not top ranked school?[/quote]

It is not true in FCPS.  IB is open admissions here.  You do have to apply yourself, of course, if you want to receive an IB diploma.  It requires a lot of work.

IB is concentrated in lower-ranked schools in FCPS because there was a period, primarily in the 1990s, in which FCPS thought IB was novel and might stem "white flight" from schools with changing demographics.  For the most part, it didn't, and parents from the higher-ranked schools have made it clear they prefer AP.  The watershed probably was when Woodson HS parents rebelled at an attempt by FCPS to introduce IB there and successfully lobbied FCPS to restore AP classes.  Since then, I don't think FCPS has introduced IB at any county high school, and the new schools that were built (Westfield and South County) are both AP schools.  [/quote]

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