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[quote=Anonymous]Please put some data in to support your simplistic assertions...  all IB schools are 'weaker'?  What metric are you using to determine that?  It is incorrect to say "ostensibly" - that was the stated reason.   The level of reasoning and the communication of facts on this blog are nothing short of pathetic...  Where did you go to school - not FCPS...  Would your teachers or parents have accepted papers loaded with specious assertions, tendentious arguments, and no originally sourced facts?

Now, how about developing a sound, factual case for getting rid of IB?  Address the case that IB corresponds directly with FCPS' Portrait of a Graduate:  "In 2014, FCPS adopted the Portrait of a Graduate to answer this question: What are the skills necessary for success for all children in this rapidly changing, increasingly diverse, and interconnected world? Portrait of a Graduate moves FCPS students and staff members to look beyond the high-stakes testing environment and to help our students develop skills so they can be successful in the workforce of the future."  (source here: https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/portrait-graduate)

IB Diploma program costs $3.3M or approximately $1,000 per pupil.  Those students who don't go to IB will presumably go to AP at a cost of $250 per pupil (on average) - so the real (net) savings of closing IB are $2.5M.

Look for the FY17 Program Budget here: https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/budget/budget-documents  You can see the cost of each and every Program at FCPS along with the costs of Division wide services.

“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.”
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