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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh come on, you want to move to the burbs. Just remember though, [b]your kid will have to apply and be accepted to the IB program at WL.[/b] They, like every other "IB school" only provide the program to a small, select group of high-achieving students. DCI provides it to ALL students. [/quote]

In fact, the IBD program at Washington-Liberty isn't an application program like those in MoCo, at Richard Montgomery (which admits around 10% of applicants countywide) and Bethesda Chevy Chase.

At Washington-Liberty is that there are just 2 manageable prerequisites for in-boundary 8th graders. The student needs to have taken algebra I by 8th grade and earned at least a B+ in the course. The kid also needs at least a B+ average overall in 8th grade to qualify to take pre-IB courses in 9th grade.  That's it, those are the requirements. Two years later, in 10th grade, the student needs to have earned at least a B+ average in pre-IB courses to qualify to take IB Diploma courses in 11th and 12th grade.

We don't like IB for All at DCI. We don't think that students who can't swing a B+ average belong in IB Diploma courses.

Give us a break, DC 8th graders can't even apply to Walls without a GPA higher than 3.8![/quote]

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