Future of Tempe's McKemy Middle School tied to IB growth

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• Katydid52 posted at 10:37 am on Wed, Oct 17, 2012.

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  "It costs about $10,000 in application fees to get a school considered for IB authorization, and that doesn’t include the travel and other costs of sending the school’s teachers and coordinators to specialized three-day professional-development courses, which cost $1,000 per person. Even after being authorized, IB high schools must pay $8,850 a year in fees. Middle and primary schools must pay $5,220 annually, though schools with more than one IB program get a 10 percent overall fee discount. Schools must also pay additional fees per student and per subject, and those costs don’t cover mailing expenses-all exams are physically mailed to graders, many of whom are overseas."

  I copied this from another site. IB has been controversial and is perceived by some as "warm and fuzzy" or even Marxist.

  Please, parents and community, research this program and be clear about the curriculum before implementing it.

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