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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is this so hard? 
My kid is graduating from W-L this year and is in the IB Diploma program. She is a transfer from Wakefield. She has many friends (also transfers) who chose partial IB (3 classes per year). Partial IB is an option for those who don't want to go the full IB route. They weren't sent back to their home schools. [/quote]

It's not hard, basically one PP didn't know that partial IB was permitted per the policy so now wants the whole IB system to be overhauled or gotten rid of entirely.[/quote]

This. And not only has the 3 classes/year partial IB always been allowed, in times when capacity wasn't super tight, I understand that students who had to drop down to less than the 2 were also allowed to stay. They are pretty flexible.

I do think from a capacity balancing standpoint, it would make sense to do a lottery across all of the high schools where everyone ranks their choices. But not because there's anything unfair about the IB situation. We're zoned WL and my kids have no interest in doing the IB program. So far DS took one IB class, purely because it wasn't offered as an AP. [/quote]

That’s how the DCC in MCPS works. You rank your high school choices in grade 8 and there’s a lottery. Blair, Northwood, Einstein, Wheaton and a couple others are part of the consortium. Notably, if you rank your neighborhood or walk zone high school first, you are guaranteed admission there. [b]Admission to the highly competitive admissions-based magnet programs are separate: IB at RM and the science and tech magnet at Blair.[/b] 
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THAT is what the "PP who wants to overhaul or eliminate IB" has been saying it should be. But people who don't care or aren't bothered by the current policy and practice seem utterly unable to grasp this concept.[/quote]

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