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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To be clear, the IB Program is a 2 year program at W-L and also [b]across the world[/b]. W-L is not implementing its IB program any differently than any other high school.
It seems some posters are misinformed and spreading false information. [/quote]

https://www.ibo.org/programmes/
IB is intended to be a continual program. Schools in other countries are not set-up the way they are in the US and therefore the APS "years groupings" do not align with the intended design of the IB curriculum.[/quote]

I think this is a stretch. IB offers a continuous curriculum, but it certainly doesn't require it. The intended outcome of an IB Diploma still has the same weight, whether you are coming from a IB Diploma program or full IB continuous curriculum. [/quote]

Not a stretch. The statement was APS doesn't implement it any differently than anywhere else, and that's not true.[/quote]

I mean, who cares??

Look, are there really that many YHS or WHS students who want to disrupt their schedules to travel back and for to WL for just 1-2 IB courses?  That's what is being argued about, and I really think it's such a tiny number of students who would be interested in that.[/quote]

That's one of the points: if there aren't enough students interested in full-IB, perhaps APS shouldn't be expending the costs for the program. Otherwise, grow the program to justify the costs.[/quote]

But there are plenty of kids who want to do IB, either full diploma or the minimum 3 courses, and that allows for the operation of a full program.  So what's being argued about is just a few at YHS or WHS who only want to do 1-2 IB classes but not 3 or more.  It's just not enough to make this into a big deal.  It's fine the way it is.[/quote]

Actually, if you read the chain, that's not what's being argued. But since you're fine with the way WL students can pick and choose and others can't, it's not an issue for anyone else to have. [/quote]

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