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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There wasn’t a single National Merit Semifinalist from South Lakes in the Class of 2023, and it’s a big high school.  Between them Chantilly and Oakton had 21.  [b]The IB program isn’t attracting the brightest kids. [/b]

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What? That doesn't make any sense. High schools aren't selective colleges that "attract" bright kids. Very few kids outside the TJ crowd are involved enough to tell their parents which high school program they want to attend. You think kids have the initiative to research the details of AP and IB and then autonomously decide that they prefer one over the other? No, that's not happening.

You can say IB doesn't attract wealthy families for a multitude of reasons, but your implication that IB students or programs are less "intelligent" is ridiculous. It's purely about ease of college credit and less writing for AP.[/quote]

Families decide whether they want to live in an IB district and families and kids decide whether they want to participate in an IB program or pupil place.  [b]The IB schools and programs attract fewer of the county's top students and that's been the case for year[/b]s.

It's your suggestion (not "implication") that the parents of higher-achieving kids intentionally send them to schools that are less rigorous, all evidence to the contrary, that is ridiculous.

Think about it.  South Lakes has almost 650 seniors this year and not one National Merit Semifinalist.  That's just embarrassing.  [/quote]
Isn't it the opposite. That IB was placed in poorer areas.  And nowadays, aren't most students electing to stay put in IB because the AP choices around IB schools are poorer performing (e.g., Marshall to Falls Church, South Lakes to Herndon)?[/quote]

It's more often the case that the AP schools around IB schools are more likely to be closed to transfers now.  [/quote]

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