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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IB is assigned to the failing schools in an attempt to attract talent but they would rather have ap[/quote]

I think IB is assigned to lower schools as an  eady way to give involved families a way to transfer out, not to draw people into the schools.[/quote]

Originally IB was placed in FCPS high schools experiencing white flight to try and convince white families to stay. They were told their kids could attend a "school within a school."

Then they tried to expand it to some solid schools.  They snuck it into Robinson but when they tried to swap AP with IB at Woodson the families rebelled.  That was the end of new IB programs in FCPS high schools.

It's true that one "benefit" of IB now is it allows families to buy in a lower-cost area and then pupil place to an AP school.  Much easier than signing up for Russian at Langley.

So IB schools in FCPS are less prestigious not because of IB itself but because of how it ended up in FCPS and how it functions in FCPS today. [/quote]

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