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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know kids today have access to technology that obviously we didn't 35 years ago so more should be expected of them. 
I graduated top 10 in my class in FCPS in an AP program and what I've seen my senior do in IB is so far superior. Really impressed at the level of thinking and response that he is required to do.[/quote]

I see what you did there but IB is an expensive waste of money. Getting rid of it would be a great idea and align with FCPS’s purported goal of providing students with equitable access to programs. [/quote]

What has your direct experience been with IB that makes you think that way?[/quote]

We were at an IB school.  Lots of hype for the "IB diploma programme" (fancy IBO spelling for global citizens) but small fraction of students getting the diploma.  Non-diploma track students were treated as second class, including at graduation.  And this was at one of the supposedly better IB programs in FCPS.  Younger kids went to an AP school and had a much better experience.  The tracking in FCPS is bad enough in ES and MS.  IB results in a different type of tracking in HS as well.

Also, it's a matter of public record that it costs more per student and that some schools have but a handful of IB diploma graduates.

When was the last time FCPS made a HS w/AP convert to IB?  Answer - over 20 years ago.  They know it hasn't panned out as hoped, but they don't want to admit mistakes so they don't revisit their past bad decisions. [/quote]

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