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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's more than 6 kids vying for IB certification, just stop it with your freaking negative posting. The top IB student was the school's Valedictorian this year and the school she selected had their eyes on her since 9th grade.  Also, this young lady didn't come from Eliot-Hine?  This is the inaugural IB class graduating this year, so the up and coming IB graduates will be stronger.  Also, stop being so self-absorbed, the IB programme at Eastern was not created solely for the Cap - Hill child[ren] a city-wide recruitment is the goal and accomplishment.  So, the IB programme walks strong among the DCPS curriculum.  Eastern has an incoming freshmen class of about 400 students with about 8 to 10% select IB as their academic pathway. The student population is around 1,200 and there's about 120 students on the IB track.  Remember students "may" graduate with dual diplomas, it is not they must do so.  ESHS offers and spreads the wealth of educating the whole child, so IB is a wonderful component but it does not define Eastern.  As for the Asian-American students that attend Eastern, it was a challenging academic year to say the least for that demographics. If you knew the back story to one of the Asian-American students plight it is mind-blowing.  If your Ivy League school uses you as a recruitment tool...I wonder if familiarity would've brought more comfort and compassion.  Sometimes those who look like us will see the will and skill instead of the won't and don't. [/quote]

Eastern, like other high schools in DCPS, typically loses a substantial number of its freshmen, which means the pool of potential IB candidates will be much smaller than 400 per grade by the time the remaining kids graduate.  With average SAT scores only slightly above 1000 (for all three tests), the IB program will be watered down and there will be very few IB diploma recipients.  It's just another example of spending money so you can slap an "IB World School" label on a school web site and worry later about the majority of kids whose needs aren't being met. [/quote]

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