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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder why Marshall is doing so much better than better than expected?  Any theories?[/quote]

I know IB is hated on this board, but IB. Marshall and SLHS are the two schools where IB has worked at pulling "desireable" kids in.  Marshall has the strongest IB IB program in the county, and pull in affluent kids from highly educated families that believe in the IB diploma. Ditto South Lakes. Robinson is the other IB program that works, but based on it's location the IB transfers don't seem to change the SES of the school. SLHS and Marshall IB are pulling in high SES kids to lower SES schools. [b]And managing to hang onto the high SES kids that are zoned there, rather than having them transfer out for AP[/b].  Very different dynamic than how IB played out in the eastern county school, where they put a lot of programs in low SES schools without enough high SES kids. [/quote]

We have friends who tried to pupil place from Marshall to McLean for AP.  They were told McLean was closed to transfers but they could transfer to Falls Church.  They stayed put. [/quote]

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