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[quote=Anonymous]Or it could be just that there [i]should[/i] be equivalent programming available to all, neither under-allocated versus the overall population that would benefit nor differentially allocated among regions.  HL IB classes are just one example.

What we seem to have is:

A county magnet IB program that routinely offers HL that doesn't have nearly enough seats for those students.

One local IB program that routinely offers HL/at least its equivalent to IB students that is only available to a relatively wealthy catchment.

Other regional and local IBs that [i]don't[/i] routinely offer HL.  These are proffered by MCPS with the typical, "Your kid will be fine," when that misses the point.  Sure, everyone's going to have disappointments in life.  We shouldn't have a public system that tees those up, though.

For the "waste two years on HL" poster, having access to post-MVC is a privileged position that, again, is afforded in some schools but not others, just like the laughably termed "typical" access to Algebra 2 in 8th.  And it's not that lots of kids should be hitting that, but that the system supports it for some but not others that is the point.  Having HL or an equivalent (or better, if the student really needs that) [i]available[/i] to anyone pursuing IB is also the point.

The OP's concern was more about the humanities side, clearly stating that their DC wasn't a math type up front.  However, when it's-all-the-same posts start coming in in response to pearl-clutcher posts, providing that clarification becomes part of the conversation.  Maybe, for instance, Kennedy wouldn't be so undersubscribed versus other DCC choices (see the DCC lottery results thread) if families could have faith that students would have similarly challenging and engaging courses available to them as at certain others.[/quote]

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