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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]180 students out of 7 or 8 thousand is indeed a "tiny niche."
In-zone kids part-time in IB doesn't count the same as full-time IB and is another issue. If IB is going to be offered, IB should be its own program available as a full-time program for the students who want to do it full-time. WL students shouldn't have access to IB classes that all the students at all the other high schools and high school programs don't have access to just because they live in the WL attendance zone.[/quote]

Its 180 out of about 550 kids in each class.  So that's a more than a small niche.  Even if you include all APS 11th and 12th graders, its still over 10%.  Not sure where you came up with "7 or 8 thousand" as the denominator.[/quote]

Thought we were talking total enrolled, not enrollment per grade level.  Not quite 10% if this is the first year with 180.  Nevertheless, I still think it should be an independent program available to all students across the system and not to WL students being able to take as few as 1 class and limiting space available to others who want the IB diploma merely because they live in the WL boundary.  And even 180 x 4 = 720 students = approximate total size of HBW grades 6 - 12.  That's still a small niche.  Not as small as Arlington Tech or high school immersion enrollment; but relative to 2,000-2,300 students in one neighborhood high school.....it's in the small niche category.[/quote]

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