Does South Lakes High School offer Advanced Placement (AP) classes? If not, will my student have any option to take AP classes in another school?
South Lakes High school is one of 8 high schools throughout Fairfax County that offers an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma. At present, South Lakes does not offer any AP classes; however, they are exploring ways in which they can offer AP courses online or prepare students to take AP exams along with IB exams in selected courses as occurs in other IB schools. See question #4. Students that are re-assigned to South Lakes may request pupil placement to another school in order to enroll in AP classes, but are not guaranteed the school of their choice. Typically, students would be placed at the nearest school providing AP courses that can accommodate additional students. However, an initiative is underway to provide AP course offerings at South Lakes in addition to the IB program.
