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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The AP/IB thing is strange.  In the much smaller school district where I went to high school, each of the high schools offered both AP and IB, and some kids got the IB diploma while most took AP classes.  It seems that IB is somewhat expensive, but I don't see why it is only in a handful of high schools here in Fairfax.  IMO, it should be in many/most/all of the high schools.

Allowing students to transfer to other high schools is a separate issue, I think, and giving students who need to escape a social situation a way out is a great part of the FCPS system.  [/quote]

There's a difference between allowing for transfers by students who truly "need to escape a social situation" and giving all students whose parents can transport them to an AP school with higher SES students (or IB school, although it's usually AP) an option not to attend the school for which they are zoned.  The latter contributes substantially to the brain drain and lower SES profiles at multiple high schools in FCPS.

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