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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Guys, guys, this is the equivalent of shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic. Not too long from now there won't be any seats for over a thousand kids. I have no faith in the SB's CIP that magically promises 1300 seats in 2022. We're all going to be screwed when that happens, so let's try to work together. [/quote]

+1000. I also agree with the PP who suggested that they should put IB at Wakefield-- that would create socio-economic diversity without these awful boundary fights. [/quote]

... will it? I think some families have used IB to get out of Wakefield. I agree that a coveted program could be a huge benefit. [/quote]

I am the posted who thinks APS should consider sending IB program to Wakefield. I think Wakefield families used it to get out of Wakefield and also so their kids could be with other high-performing kids. I think parents from Yorktown used it to get their kids into a more diverse school district and/or to have their kids participate in an "exclusive" program. Now they can put their money where their mouth is on IB - that is, are they really in it for the program? If so, then you are getting white/rich kids/families to volunteer for or remain at Wakefield. Hopefully you are also doing outreach at Wakefield to make sure other kids know about the program, and hopefully feeder middle schools with high numbers of minorities and lower SES can also groom for it and maybe it would draw more of these kids eventually. That's a path to higher overall performance at all three high schools. Yorktown and WL will always perform well given the local demographics.[/quote]

I am not opposed to your proposal but I believe at the last few meetings I watched online aps folks explained they couldn't just move ib out of wl because it was integrated into the entire curriculum.  For example a wl teacher might teach one ib class along with other non ib subject classes. The would need to move the teachers over (provided teachers would even be willing to do something like that).  Also I thought they put it in WL because it is in the middle of the county. Not that I think it would help draw more kids to wakefield.  As long as there are ap level classes at wl for my kid I wouldn't be enthused about sending my kids across town not even looking at demographics.

If it were more of a tj which isn't easy to just create, I think more might consider traveling across town. But tj might be diverse but it selects out the smarter students more than an ib school does.[/quote]

NP. It is true that teachers need to be certified to teach IB, so the teachers would need to move to Wakefield (or a whole new set would need to be certified). However, it's not clear to me why this is an unworkable problem. Those teachers could be transferred to Wakefield, and some Wakefield teachers, presumably some with AP experience, could be transferred to W-L. Why not?[/quote]

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