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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Fox Mill kids are kind of screwed at Carson. [b]I have heard from many parents that the Counselor’s at Carson forget that there are kids that go to South Lakes and don’t know what the kids might need for the IB Diploma. This is normally an issue with taking a language in MS to meet the 5 year language requirement for the IB diploma. [/b]I had a friend tell me that she just learned about this and that the Counselor never said anything when selecting classes and had to call over to South Lakes to find out that there is a requirement for a 5th year of high school language.

Fox Mill and a small number of kids from Floris are the only kids that go to SLHS. It sucks for the kids. [/quote]

I’m sorry but this is why you absolutely do not rely on counselors only to chart your kid’s academic path. Parents need to step up and determine what the IB requirements are themselves if their child is going to SLHS. Parents should know and suggest courses to their child. Just like I looked up my kid’s own high school to see what languages they offer up to level 4 or 5. That determined what we chose in middle. [/quote]

No.  That is unreasonable to expect from some parents.  I say that as someone who did pay close attention to college requirements for my kids.  But, not every parent understands this--and IB is especially difficult to process.  This is the counselor's job.  The counselors at South Lakes should ensure that Carson counselors understand the requirements. That is their job.

This is one reason we should get rid of IB.  If the IB coordinator at South Lakes cannot ensure this, then maybe IB is not all it is cracked up to be.[/quote]

Oh, come on.  The only thing that you have to know in MS is that you need to take a language.  You can take it in 7th and 8th or just in 8th.  The vast majority of kids who are going to selective colleges (and thus are likely to complete the full IB diploma) take a language in MS anyway.  The MS advisors are who need to keep track of 1 piece of information.  They may have told this kid and she didn't pay attention/remember or they dropped the ball.

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But, I think the PP who brought it up did not know about the language requirement.  To me, that falls on the counselor..[/quote]

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