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International Baccalaureate Program

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West Side high school to get International Baccalaureate program

By Suzanne McBride | April 8, 2019

No longer will Austin students have to leave the West Side to continue or start their IB education at the high school level. Michele Clark High School will receive $200,000 in next year’s budget to begin implementing the rigorous program offered in more than 146 countries.

education

Michele Clark HS petitions for IB program

By Connor S. Carynski | December 9, 2018

Michele Clark Principal Charles Anderson Jr. said many students who attend elementary school in Austin leave the community for high schools that offer an IB program, especially if they were already enrolled in the program. The hope is that having a high school program in Austin would keep some of those students in Austin.

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