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[quote=Anonymous]Some facts to keep in mind:

1. Every one of the highest ranked schoos in FCPS has AP, and not one has parents actively lobbying for IB.

2. IB schools are primarily concentrated in low-income areas where parents are less likely to advocate aggressively for their children's interests, but instead are grateful their children are receiving a free public education.

3. FCPS has not added IB to any of the newer high schools in the county - Centreville, Westfield or South County.  Every new IB program is at the elementary or middle school level and intended to shore up struggling IB diploma programs at the feeder high schools.

4. When FCPS moved kids from AP schools to South Lakes, an IB school, parents were furious, not happy about the purported advantages of IB.  Some houses in the neighborhoods affected immediately lost substantial market value and have never recovered, seven years later.

5. Loudoun tries to emulate FCPS in many respects, but has not introduced IB at a single high school.    [/quote]

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