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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've read most of this thread and it makes no sense.  If IB were even close to being as rigorous as AP, why wouldn't FCPS put it in the schools with more high-performing kids, not the low-SES schools?  Either it's not as hard as some people like to claim or FCPS made a big blunder.  It just doesn't add up.  if I were OP, it would take me about 10 seconds to decide to stick with Langley.[/quote]

FCPS made a big blunder. They though IB would pull high SES kids to low performing schools., this pulling those schools up.  It didn't-- probably because parents who intentionally buy at a high SES "prestigious" high school have no interest in letting their kids go to a low SES school. They want to be able to name drop that their kid is at Langley, and would be embarrassed to say they have a kid at Mt. Vernon.   If you can afford to buy in the Langley district, they want people to know. They also don't learn about the program. In fact, they have a vested interest in having IB fail-- and you can see that in this conversation.  If a kid can get a great education at a low SES school, why spend so much money to buy in Langley borders? I'd bet that most parents railing against IB never went with their kid to IB night at their transfer HS to learn about the program with an open mind.   If FCPS had put IB in just South Lakes and Robinson, and make it competitive entry in some way (say, you need a certain MS GPA, plus a B+ or greater in a first year foreign language and Geometry, it would be very highly regarded.  Also, FCPS doesn't provide transportation, which is a huge barrier for some kids.

But really, this thread is a bunch of Madison, Langley, Oakton, etc parents loud[/quote]

+1 This is what they should have done. Made it a magnet type school.[/quote]

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