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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How come Justice HS is so inferior to other FCPS area high schools?   Test scores are appalling, material in IB classes isn’t always covered?  Does anybody care?[/quote]

How exactly do you know what is or isn’t covered in an IB class? You said you’re a retired teacher who taught AP, so you’re not from Justice. [/quote]s

I did not post this comment^^.  You obviously did not read my entire previous post. I worked on a committee in the late 1990s which was tasked with the choice of adopting either AP or IB at my school. International Baccalaureate is an all encompassing curriculum, which approaches academics from a global perspective...and usually does not offer stand-alone credit for one or two courses.  It is also more intellectually rigorous than AP. Advanced Placement, on the other hand, is different, in that it allows students to pick and choose specific courses in the subject areas in which they are strong.  AP is better for the average to above average student who is willing to challenge themselves by taking a college level course, and potentially earn college credit.   IB is taught at many of the more elite private high schools, (and at TJHSST), where students have been tested and screened, and were raised in a high SES family.   IMHO,  Justice should focus on AP, which is the path that most of the high schools in FCPS are following.  Are you a parent of a student at Justice?  If you are,  I hope you have a great year![/quote]

IB isn't taught at TJHSST.  No sure where you got that idea.  [/quote]

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