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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was writing as a parent of a student who is THERE. Clearly you have misinformation. [b]DCI is IB for ALL.[/b] IB is not optional at DCI. Why don't you shut your pie-hole and move to MCPS? BTW, DCI has a lot of kids from Oyster there in its opening year.....that should tell you something.....[/quote]

This comment bugged me when it was made a couple weeks ago, when this thread was trending.  DCI, as planned, is in fact "International Baccalaureate for all" only for the Middle Years Program (grades 6 to 10).  The school is planning to make completing IB Diploma Program (grades 11 to 12) requirements optional.  Pie-hole mom above, who frequently comes on DCUM ordering those clamoring for world-class public school academics in DC to move to the burbs, has it wrong.

Tell us, pie-hole, how, exactly, does DC benefit when parents of droves of the strongest students continue to vote with their feet for MCPS, Fairfax etc.?  In your infinite wisdom, what's good about running subpar IB programs in any jurisdiction?  We already have one of those in town, at Banneker, with an IB Diploma pass rate of around 15% (versus 90+% at Richard Montgomery in Bethesda).

Most PPs considering DCI are unlikely to be bothered that the IB Diploma Program will be optional there. I'm bothered knowing that the most successful public IB Diploma Programs nationwide, and internationally, do not make completing Diploma requirements optional.  Said requirements include completing CAS (Community, Action and Service) work, an Extended Essay and the Theory of Knowledge class senior year, along with doing decently on 3-4 Higher Level subject tests and 2-3 Standard Level subject tests.  Why aim low years in advance of producing a single IB Diploma holder?

An IB World School like DCI only does so well when IB Diploma requirements are made optional, just like a language immersion program can only be so good when it's built on a one-way immersion model (with few native speakers involved).  Sorry folks, sorry pie-hole, but these are the inconvenient truths involved.  
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