 Controversy surrounded the program briefly in 2007 when the Board of Directors of the Baltimore City College Alumni Association , an influential group that performs several tasks in perpetuation of the school , including managing a nearly $ 2 million scholarship endowment and coordinating fundraising efforts for capital projects and other initiatives , argued to school officials that the IB Program diverts a significant percentage of the school 's resources to benefit a fraction of the student population . Approximately 30 students were enrolled in the full IB Diploma Program at that time . The Association also argued that the rigidity of the program did not give students enough coursework scheduling flexibility . Citing these concerns , the board of directors of the BCC Alumni Association formally voted to recommend that the school replace the IB Program with the " A course " , which was discontinued in the 1990s , and expand the number of Advanced Placement courses offered to students . The recommendation , though non @-@ binding , was intended to persuade the school to replace the curriculum with what its members believed to be more equitable and flexible . Despite the recommendation , school administrators proceeded with plans to expand the City College IB Program by incorporating the IB Middle Years Program into the 9th and 10th grade curricula . In addition to the IB courses , the school 's academic program offers a small selection of Advanced Placement courses . 
