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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do they think there are no assessments in AP classes?  [/quote]

Yes.

No assessments, no writing, no critical thinking, only a narrow viewpoint.

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The anti AP/pro IB posts are kinda funny
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So are the pro AP/anti-IB.  Every time an IB parent posts something positive about the program-it’s you are a fake/you were part of the IBO org or you are ignorant and don’t know any better.  I feel like the pro-AP parents are a lot more antagonistic than the other way around in this forum.  It’s weird bc in other places, there isn’t such a strong anti-IB sentiment. And re-read some of responses; just because parents are saying IB is/was a good program for their kids, they are not saying AP is bad.  [/quote]

That’s the same vibe I see here.

The anti-IB crowd seems angry and resentful, calling to cut a program that has been great for many.

I don’t actually see an anti-AP crowd here at all. Pro-IB posters have simply argued for the program. [/quote]

But IB has not been great for "many". Just a small percentage that are holding schools hostage. Or the parents who are using the existence of two different curriculums to flee poorer schools.[/quote]

Well, it has been great for many. I posted above (the IB teacher for 15 years).

If you are stuck on the diploma as your only measure of achievement, then perhaps you don’t see that. But some of us see the value of the individual courses and have personally witnessed hundreds of students succeed.

You have an ax to grind. Fine. But your perception doesn’t erase my reality. [/quote]

The reality is how many students transfer to other schools because of IB. The reality IS the low number of IB diplomas when AP, less expensive, could do the a la carte job better. The reality is that you are in denial.[/quote]

I don’t agree AP does the a la carte job better, and I say that with very long-term, direct experience with both courses.

But I’m not campaigning to take away something from you. You, however, are clearly campaigning to take away a program that has benefited many.

And since the only metric you care about (the diploma) means you are blind to the many other benefits of the program, then I suspect we are done here.

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The only reason why we want to get rid of IB is because FCPS is planning to rezone our high school students from the AP schools we selected when we purchased our homes, to prop up the failing IB schools.  If our kids are going to be forced to change high schools, we don't want them at a failing IB school doing the IB program.

We voted against IB and for AP when we purchased our homes.

If we wanted our kids in IB, we would have purchased a house zoned for an IB school.

We made that decision to the tune of hundreds of thousands more dollars in house payments.

Now FCPS wants to override our education choices for our kids to save the IB schools that are unable to maintain accreditation.

We don't want IP.

If our kids are going to be forced to change high schools, we don't want it to be to an IB school.

If FCPS wasn't looking at rezoning our kids to IB, we would not give one thought to your IB utopia.

We don't want to control your choices, unless the school board is going to override our parenting decisions for our kids and our financial decisions for our families, just so the IB schools can be propped up by our kids so the tiny group of IB parents can get what they want.

There are far more parents who prefer AP over IB, tens of thousands more across all schools and grades.  If FCPS is going to force unwanted rezoning away from AP schools, then IB needs to be eliminated and switched to AP, which the majority of FCPS overwhelmingly prefer.

If we can't succeed with preventing our kids from being rezoned to IB schools, then we are going to fight like crazy to get IB removed and switched to AP.

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