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[quote=Anonymous]9:04 -- thanks for adding to the details.  Taking a 2 yr. class would definitely be a detriment and taking all the tests at the end of senior year (instead of doing some earlier) would also be a negative for the student.

I'm not really that concerned about the cost difference when it comes to making a decision for my kids.  I have an opinion about the costs as it applies to the whole school system, but that part doesn't matter when we're looking at schools/houses and trying to decide if IB should be avoided.

I doubt that your hope of scrubbing IB is going to happen since I believe they are pushing the IB middle years program in MSs that feed into the IB HSs.

I think they should put the most popular programs into the least popular HSs.  Seems like the low-performing HS have a lot of kids who are ESOL or FARMS and they might not have the verbal skills to succeed in a program like IB -- but maybe they would have a shot at succeeding in an AP class.  Seems kind of backwards. [/quote]

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