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Agree that the should treat all students the same. Disagree that it matters in practice. If a WL student takes Alg 1 in 9th and then Geometry in 10th, that student is not going to succeed in IB Math, even the SL track. [/quote]

This. And the expectation of Alg 1 in 8th grade also applies to students who are zoned to W-L. To participate in the IB Diploma Program they want you to have finished Alg 2 in 10th grade because they math pathways don't otherwise work. To get there you need Alg 1 in 8tg.

The other thing that can be limiting if you don't plan ahead is that you need to do level 2 of a world language in 8th grade because you have to be at level 4 in 10th grade. I don't know that all the middle schools require a language in 7th-8th? But, again that requirement is the same for transfers and zoned students who want to do the diploma. It's not like transfers are held to a higher standard than zoned students.

However, zoned students do have the option to take a few IB classes, either instead of an AP or in some cases W-L only offers a class as IB that the other schools offer as AP (e.g. Economics). They used to keep transfers drop off the diploma track and still stay at W-L but got stricter about that as space at the school got limited.[/quote]

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