Redondo Beach schools withdrawal from International Baccalaureate program amid protest
After much debate between parents, teachers and the school board, the Redondo Beach Unified School District has decided to withdraw its intent to pursue the designation of Redondo Union High School as a World School within the International Baccalaureate program. The decision was announced at Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. “This decision has been made with great consideration,” said Annette Alpern, RBUSD assistant superintendent. “A number of complex factors had to be taken into account, mainly our dwindling state resources and the readiness factor of the school.” The IB program is a much-lauded diploma program in which students enroll in a rigorous, interdisciplinary curriculum that emphasizes in-depth research, writing, theory of knowledge, and a more global perspective. Earlier in the year over fifty teachers from RUHS stormed the school board to protest the implementation of the program. Their objections included scheduling concerns, the cost of the program, and a lack of teacher input during the implementation process. The teachers also argued that Advanced Placement coursework already serves high achieving students and the IB program did not address the urgent…
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