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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS could also balance demographics by getting rid of IB.  IB allows hundreds of higher SES kids in many of the poorer schools to pupil place to higher SES AP schools.  It also allows higher SES kids zoned for Falls Church, which is AP, to pupil place to Marshall, which is IB.

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I don't think you're going to find much support for that.  Those motivated parents and kids who Pupil place to higher SES AP and IB schools are the ambitious kids that FCPS wants - they are primed to succeed and the parents will revolt if they can't find a way to access what the AAP and higher SES schools offer.  "Balancing demographics" is not an FCPS objective (despite some cheap talk) - serving ambitious, motivated kids is a big concern, and avoiding confrontation with their motivated, activated parents is another.[/quote]

People complain and then adjust.  If FCPS was prepared to move neighborhoods from higher SES AP schools to South Lakes in 2008, over their protests, it certainly could decide that, say, getting rid of IB at Lee and Annandale (which would boost the enrollments at both schools and stem the flight to West Springfield and Woodson) makes sense.  It would save money, and it's not like parents there who are currently pupil placing their kids to AP schools are going to show up and testify that their base schools should remain IB so they can avoid them.   [/quote]

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