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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I expect it will be removed at the end of the school year when they focus on such things as updating signs.

So funny how people focus on the wrong stuff.  It's an open secret among teachers that IB is a great program, which is maybe why so many people place their kids there.  But then, what do teachers know compared to all the experts in Fairfax County[/quote]

When you have a limited number of IB schools surrounded by AP schools, you'd expect the IB school to be a net recipient of pupil placements.  That's true of Marshall and some, but not all, of the other IB schools in the county.  It is a veru good program for some students, and I'm sure some teachers would love to travel to IB events in different locations at FCPS expense.

But I can't think of any current AP school in the county, with the possible exception of Falls Church, where parents or teachers have suggested they'd like to see IB introduced.  [b]The School Board tried to turn Woodson into an IB school years ago, and the parents opposed that proposal and won.[/b]  [/quote]

Woodson became IB, then the school 86'd it a few years later in 1999. I don't know all the details, but the school had to choose between keeping IB, or going back to AP. It was an either/or decision. The Woodson parents preferred the AP curriculum. [/quote]

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