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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IB is one of the reasons why our society has so  many issues.  So much more could be done with our school curriculum is IB we taken out completely.  Less is more![/quote]

It teaches critical thinking. That is what is sorely missing in today’s society.[/quote]

Other courses teach critical thinking at lower cost, which is something you’d realize if you engaged in some critical thinking of your own.

The small number of IB advocates tout IB because they like the IB buzzwords (“global citizens.” “life-long learners,” etc), see IB as a school within their generally low-performing schools, or know IB is what provides them with the option to transfer their kids to AP schools.

None of this justifies the higher cost to FCPS.  [/quote]

I am sorry but as a parent who prefers AP for their kid, I would prefer he stay at SLHS and take AP classes then having to look to pupil place out. We are opting in to the new Western High School for the AP and the new program options. We would have looked at pupil placing to Oakton for AP and Japanese. The small percentage of the population that loves IB helped to prevent AP from being added for the last 25 or so years that parents have been asking for. I would guess that most of the families are indifferent to AP/IB. The families who want AP enough leave the school through pupil placing because they are not heard and don't want IB.

I would prefer my kid stay at his base school with his friends and take the same classes offered throughout the county. I would prefer that they offer AP and IB, allow the kids who want IB to take those classes but let the kids who want AP take AP. The kids who take only IBSL classes might continue to do that, maybe they would take AP. But the kids who want harder math and science options would have those options in AP. Heck, maybe they would take IB English or history because I suspect that the IB classes in the humanities are different then the AP versions and the extra writing might be worth it. But IB math and science is no where near as rigerous as the harder AP math and science classes and the kids interested in STEM want those classes. [/quote]

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