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POLL: Should Hauppauge Become an International Baccalaureate School?
Tell us what your vote would be on the IB program if you sat on Hauppauge's Board of Education.
Hauppauge school district's Board of Education will be voting Tuesday night whether to move forward with bringing the International Baccalaureate program to Hauppauge High School.
Board of Education Trustee Patricia Lesser said the board has been actively learning about this program for years, forming a International Baccalaureate program in 2008. The first presentation to district taxpayers was in February 2010.
Public awareness was handed out throughout the Hauppauge community in February 2011, which spoke out about the IB program. In March, the district's program drew hundreds of concerned parents.
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Parents have expressed viewpoints that the IB program will help too few students, where those gathered on Thursday night expressed support for the program if some concern about its costs.
Our Question of the Day asks: If you were on the Board of Education, would you bring the International Baccalaureate program to Hauppauge Schools?
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