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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, we got Sidwell's letter this morning. We support the decision, not that Sidwell emphasized the APs much anyway.[/quote]

It would have been nice if Sidwell consulted the parent and student bodies before deciding —important constitutents, don’t you think?  [/quote]

This decision really doesn’t affect Sidwell because they have never offered  many APs.  [b]Kids take the tests if they want too, but the US classes are very rigorous so APs aren’t necessary. [/b]
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Not true.  Either you did not see course curriculum or your kids don't take the most rigorous courses offered by the school.  Writing APs is required for some courses and pass/fail is not allowed in those courses, my understanding.[/quote]

My kids did take mostly the most rigorous classes. It’s been a couple years, but I only remember their teachers in math and advanced bio asking them to take the APs. They took Government’s, history, English etc, but for their own purposes.  I don’t believe they were required. I really doubt doing away with AP at Sidwell will make much of a difference because the teachers use their own approaches and don’t follow the AP 
curricula.

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