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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We've been looking in Loudoun and it seems like all the schools there have AP, not IB.

It does suggest that IB was kind of a "fad" in the 1990s since so many of the schools in Loudoun were built more recently.  Perhaps they looked at IB in Fairfax and decided it wasn't a great idea?[/quote]

1. IB is much more expensive for the school system than AP.  More staffing is required, more admin costs, etc.
2. IB was brought into the schools and specifically targeted mostly lower scoring schools.  Robinson and Woodson were also given IB (not sure what the story was on that) but Woodson managed to get out of it.
3. Robinson is an extremely large school and, from what I understand, also offers AP classes.  
4. IB was put into schools like South Lakes, Stuart, etc, in the hopes of attracted more affluent pupil placement to those schools.  It may have worked at Marshall, but did not work anywhere else that I can tell.  [/quote]

So I guess Loudoun decided it wasn't worth the expense?  Loudoun has the highest household incomes in the country.  If they thought IB was a good idea, they could certainly afford it. [/quote]

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