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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids have gone through both IB and AP FCPS schools, and I can tell you that both will provide excellent prep for college, which is the bottom line.  All of mine that have graduated have gotten into their first choice school.

One of my DC who did the IB diploma is a STEM student at a HYPS school and found her HS prep better than many of her peers.

I have no problem with AP.  Fine program.  My kid who did AP has done very well in college.  But, this "more flexibility" in AP canard is false.  Like your kids, by the time they fill up graduation requirements there is not that much space left for electives, and the problem is not too few choices, but too many.

Do not conflate IB with the IB diploma (meant to challenge the top students).  The vast majority of kids at IB schools do not do the full diploma...they treat it like AP and take IB classes individually.  If they take a certain number they get an IB Certificate.  I had one kid who did not do the IB diploma because DC hated English and did not want to take the tough IB version...DC loaded up in STEM courses instead.

We can certainly argue that IB may be inappropriate for some of the schools in which it's been placed (I agree with that).  That is a worthwhile discussion.  Placing a few IB schools throughout the county so that each student has the option to do IB seems sensible.   But the posters here who feel they need to prove that IB is horrible and inferior are wrong.  It is a fine program, well respected by colleges, for those who want it.  Honestly, whether AP or IB, you are learning essentially the same material and will be well prepared for college.
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I think most people here want to keep IB at some schools. The option for IB is definitely something that many don't want to give up. But the idea that IB is somehow going to become more popular in the eastern portion of the county has been played out and its time to make a change.[/quote]

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