International Baccalaureate program ending at Neelin
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This article was published 27/11/2019 (2383 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Brandon School Division voted to end the International Baccalaureate program at École secondaire Neelin High School and replace it with Advanced Placement courses during Monday’s board of trustees meeting.
Board chair Linda Ross told the Sun on Tuesday that the decision was made because only two students at Neelin are currently in the IB program and numbers have been low for years.
These two students will be grandfathered in and allowed to complete the program while the Advanced Placement courses will start to be offered next year at Neelin.
Both programs offer students a greater challenge than traditional curriculum with students performing well in exams being given university or college credits from participating institutions.
Ross said AP courses are more popular because students can pick individual subjects they’re interested in rather than taking multiple years of studies covering multiple topics.
She added there will only be a minimal cost savings from discontinuing the IB program, and those resources will be redirected towards providing AP classes.
École Neelin was the only school in the division offering the IB program, while multiple other high schools already offer AP courses.
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