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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IB vs AP is like metric vs English  
AP is easier and has no diploma track. College credit is the same for either one.[/quote]

The better education parents in FCPS reside in AP school districts.  FCPS stuck IB in poorer performing districts and they are still the low performers.

Marshall sits in a good location but has lower SAT scores, lower graduation rates, lower U.S. News and Washington Post ratings, and higher FARMS percentages than the top AP schools.[/quote]

So, I feel we should gerrymander districts to move more minority and FARMS kids into the the Madison, Langley, McLean, etc. pyramids.  They should have their fair share of "poors."  [/quote]

So you want poor students to have to travel further to their school just so it will make Marshall look better in comparison to the other schools?  You do know some of their parents have limited transportation options, right?[/quote]

No, let's zone some of those Langley, McLean and Madison richie snowflakes to "poorer" schools.  FYI, I don't get the crap about school community being tied to the "town." First of all McLean is not a town, it is a CDP.  I attended a Catholic high school in South Florida that drew students from three counties with over 5 million population.  Do you know what created the school community?  Sports, and especially our nationally ranked football team.  I would die if FCPS did away with sports, because that for me creates the community and spirit for the school.  Not the Science Olympiad.

If you follow the NFL, I'll let you guess my HS - which also has more than its fair share of National Merit scholars.  FYI, Marshall has more of those than McLean.  [/quote]
Not where NMSF were concerned last year.  McLean had more than any high school except TJ according to this release.

http://commweb.fcps.edu/newsreleases/newsrelease.cfm?newsid=2605[/quote]

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