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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I am the PP, I know about the requirement and my kid is in 6th grade. I researched the schools and the options for the schools before we moved. Not every parent does that, even if I think that is crazy. I talk with parents of older kids so that I can learn from them as well. I have learned that many parents do not do the same thing.

Parents rely on the Counselors to know what their kids might need to meet future requirements. The Fox Mill and Floris kids at Carson should have Counselors who recognize that the kids are attending an IB program and should be making suggestions with that in mind. It should not be unreasonable to expect that the person giving you advice on what classes to take is aware that you will be attending a HS that has  program needing particular requirements. At the very least, the Guidance Counselors at the MS should have a sheet or a document that they can pull up that lays out specialized programs available at the kids HS so that the Counselor can talk to kids about what to expect at that school.

Many of the kids from Fox Mill are in JI and a good percentage of those kids will continue Japanese so the IB language requirement is not that big a deal but at least half the kids from Fox Mill are not in JI and will not have that option. It is reasonable for a parent to expect the Counselors to know what advice they should be giving to a kid based on ability and what school they are going to be attending. [/quote]

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