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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow the IB hater(s) are out in full force!  Really foaming at the mouth!
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Thank you, PP! They come back every other week, don't they?! 
Our whole family loves IB![/quote]

You are part of the 2% that keeps us all suffering the scourge that is IB. [/quote]
Not PP but Dramatic much? Some families prefer IB.  But I don’t think the people who prefer IB are the problem. I (and I think other such families) would probably be fine if FCPS only had it at a couple of schools.  The people against it are the ones who use IB to transfer their kids to more “desirable” schools.  [/quote]

The point is that a small number of people keep IB alive in this county. There is no requirement to have both and for many years FCPS operated successfully with just AP (at all high schools).

Think of the transfers that will ensue if a bunch of people are switched from an AP high school to an IB high school or vice versa. Interesting, that happening might be enough for FCPS to come to its senses as they are deluged with transfer requests.

Two-thirds of FCPS schools have AP; AP is less complicated (no HL vs. SL, college credit more straight forward); AP is less expensive than IB; the mere existence of both in FCPS strays from equity goals; if it was super great, Langley would have it.[/quote]
Langley is great because Langley is rich. Really. School outcomes are tied to socioeconomic status more than anything else.  You can argue that AP is better because of cost and logistics, but schools scores are not tied to whether they are AP or IB.  It is parental education and income. [/quote][/quote]

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