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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I would guess that more kids pupil place for AP then complete the IB diploma in any given year, which is ridiculous. Lewis had 4 kids complete the IB diploma last year. Four kids. There is no way you can justify the program benefiting the kids at Lewis. SLHS had 50, which is better but right about 10% of the class. How is that benefiting the students?[/quote]

You should go speak at School Board meeting.

During the 2008 SL boundary, parents BEGGED to switch to AP.  They were ignored.  In fact, the SB was quite rude.  I think that is why they now have speakers with their backs to the audience.  They used to stand to the side so you could see them.
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I recall that there were Westfield parents getting redistricted to South Lakes who asked for AP at South Lakes.  The School Board made promises that weren't kept about adding more AP courses at South Lakes.

But it has nothing to do with the speaker policy.  Up until a few years ago speakers directly faced the School Board to speak, and their faces were televised.  A few years ago, probably when Karl Frisch was first chairing the School Board, they shortened the speaker time from three to two minutes and stopped showing the faces of those speaking.  They claimed it was to protect speakers, especially student speakers, from rabid community members, but it just reinforced the impression that public participation is a joke.  You only get two minutes and you're an anonymous blob that School Board members ignore. [/quote]

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