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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems the OP was looking to find out if IB was a distinctive enough program in FCPS to warrant placing her child out of one of the county's top high schools, which is also within walking distance of her house.  She concluded that it isn't, so she won't.  End of story.  [/quote]

IB is very "distinctive" if people bother to find out how it works. AP is great too. But yes, both are "self-selecting" in FCPS. Still, if the classes are rigorous, they will indeed "select out" students who cannot hack it.

Sadly, some parents want a program that's only by application, I guess so they can say their kid was so special he or she was picked to be among the elite. But the point of these kinds of programs -- and the point of allowing all kids to dare to try them rather than just limiting them to those who can withstand an application process -- should be to[i] learn [/i]in a new and different way. But around here, parents tend to be more interested in programs they can point to and say, "My kid got in because he's [i]already[/i] so special" rather than "My kid is taking on a challenge that's going to be tough but will equip him with skills he can use in college and beyond."[/quote]

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