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Given the greater publicity about start times and AAP, I'm surprised the level of concern about IB was this great.   [/quote]
The noise on the anonymous message board is not a good indicator. Probably just a couple people with mega-chips on their shoulders.[/quote]

Mega-chips on their shoulders????  Not sure how you reached that conclusion.  I certainly don't have a chip on my shoulders.  My kids are zoned for an IB school with a very high FARMS/ESOL rate.  The vast majority of those kids would be better served by AP because they are much more unlikely to take IB because it's so writing intensive.  Most of their parents can't provide transportation to the closest AP school, so pupil placing into AP is not a viable option so they do neither.  I don't think that's okay, especially since only a small percent of the kids take IB at the school and 99% of the kids who take it are higher SES students happy to take IB to be segregated from the lower SES kids.  My kids will be able to pick IB or AP because I can provide transportation.  It's unfortunate that the school caters to the small minority at the expense of the majority, but FCPS won't change because their parents are the ones who get heard by FCPS.  
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You nailed it.  What's in the best interests of most students or taxpayers isn't a priority for FCPS.  It's not in FCPS's vocabulary to admit IB has been a flop at most schools where it's been introduced. [/quote]

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