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[quote=Anonymous]I dont think people are afainst IB where it is running well and fits the needs of the community.  People have a legitimate ussue with it where it is not a strong program, it is redundant, and it is an easy path out of certain schools.  Thise particular schools and students would be better served by an a la carte program like AP...and tjose schools would lose fewer of their higher SES students uf they offered AP rather than IB.

There is no good reason to have IB at Lee, Edison and Mt Vernon.  Tamera D K from the board loves it, but it is not helping those schools or enough students.

My 8th grader is already locked out of the diploma track because she isnt taking foreign lang yet.  None of the counselors are pushing 8th graders to do that, so kids dont see the need.  I'm glad we arent zoned for an IB school....now my kid will still be in the running to be an AP scholar.  My math kid strughles with writing.  He probably would have a harder time with IB.  Again, I'm glad we made a conscious decision to avoid IB schools when we bought a house last summer.  My realtor was stymied at times, but we said no many times when a possible house was zoned IB.  AP keeps our kids' options more open.

That said, I do think the program is impressive for those that can qualify and those that complete it.  I think it would be better received and executed if there were a couple of IB programs in the county....one west and one east, and they had admission by application only and busing included....like tj.  Then people would want to get in snd there would be strong peer support.[/quote]

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