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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - Please don't assume your child will get accepted to IB.  This year there is a long waitlist.  If more kids apply than there are seats, it is simply a lottery.  There is a 60 person waitlist this year.  (that is for 9th grade, it looks like if you are willing to transfer later there is no waitlist for 10th or 11th)

There is also neighborhood transfer, this year it was only 20 or 30 seats for 9th grade (I think it was 20 and another 30 seats were for the other 3 grades).  There is a long waitlist there too.  0 of the many, many kids I know who applied were able to get transfers from YT to W-L.  My son knows of 1.  APS did state there was a Wakefield preference for neighborhood transfers due to overcrowding.  But I honestly have no idea who the other 19 seats were allocated.

OP, Your kid will do well at either school, or frankly any school in APS.  As long are your student applies herself, you are supportive of her, and she able to advocate for herself, YT or W-L will serve her well.

Have your child apply for IB and if that doesn't work, try the neighborhood transfer.  If neither work, she'll do great at YT.  Much of this is beyond your control, unless you plan to move inbound for W-L so don't stress too much OP.

[b]And for the person who implied zoned kids can just get in to IB, it is not true. [/b] All students still need to meet the requirements (I don't remember them all but I know starting a language and 7th and keeping the same one through Sr year is one, and being at least in Algebra 1 in 8th grade is another).  Plus they strongly encourage 3 intensified classes Freshman year if the student is considering the IB track.  So the prerequisites are the same whether zoned or a transfer.   [/quote]

All W-L students may not be qualified to get the full IB diploma but they can take any IB classes they want.  Mix of AP and IB.  That's what the PP was referencing was the broader set of choices they have.  PP was suggesting policy change such that IB is a program.  To that end, I'd love that they change the policy for HB and Tech too.  If you go to HB, you go to HB.  None of this being allowed to go back to the other schools for classes.  It's the best of both worlds piece that is so annoying.
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Aren't all HS kids allowed to take classes at Arlington Tech?  I really need to look into this whole HS business more.  [/quote]

No. Arlington Tech is an alternative high school program. It is separate from the traditional Career Center programs. The CTE classes that are offered at the Career Center are theoretically open to all high school students. Unfortunately, they are not easy to get into due to limited availability. The Arlington Tech program is located at the Career Center and does not have its own menu of electives; so those students tend to have priority access to the CTE classes.[/quote]

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