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[Post New]10/05/2022 13:51
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Anonymous
Looking for info on the differences between the Kennedy and Richard Montgomery programs.
[Post New]10/05/2022 13:57
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Anonymous
The only difference is that the RM program is more established and attracts the top scoring kids as a result.
[Post New]10/05/2022 14:20
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:The only difference is that the RM program is more established and attracts the top scoring kids as a result.


So what does that mean? Better teachers? Better administration?
[Post New]10/05/2022 14:22
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Anonymous
RM is open to the whole county and application is competitive whereas Kennedy is for the school (I don't see that it has an application).
[Post New]10/05/2022 14:22
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The only difference is that the RM program is more established and attracts the top scoring kids as a result.


So what does that mean? Better teachers? Better administration?



It means more experienced, just that. And a very high-achieving, but also highly competitive, cohort.
[Post New]10/05/2022 14:46
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The only difference is that the RM program is more established and attracts the top scoring kids as a result.


So what does that mean? Better teachers? Better administration?



It means more experienced, just that. And a very high-achieving, but also highly competitive, cohort.


They are both the same program. Both have an application. One is countywide, one is regional. Anyone (county wide) can apply to RM, only those who live in the BCC, Churchill, Whitman, Walter Johnson clusters or the Downcounty Consortium can apply.

The cohorts will be slightly different, but the course offerings very similar. If your kid is doing the HS application I'd have them check both off and see what happens. It sounds like each is looked at independently, so your kid might have a choice between the two- it doesn't take any more work to apply to both.
[Post New]10/05/2022 14:48
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The only difference is that the RM program is more established and attracts the top scoring kids as a result.


So what does that mean? Better teachers? Better administration?



It means more experienced, just that. And a very high-achieving, but also highly competitive, cohort.


They are both the same program. Both have an application. One is countywide, one is regional. Anyone (county wide) can apply to RM, only those who live in the BCC, Churchill, Whitman, Walter Johnson clusters or the Downcounty Consortium can apply.

The cohorts will be slightly different, but the course offerings very similar. If your kid is doing the HS application I'd have them check both off and see what happens. It sounds like each is looked at independently, so your kid might have a choice between the two- it doesn't take any more work to apply to both.

How much longer will RM be county-wide?
[Post New]10/05/2022 14:55
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:RM is open to the whole county and application is competitive whereas Kennedy is for the school (I don't see that it has an application).


It's the same application for both programs. RM is open to the whole county, and Kennedy is regional, so open to a smaller group of clusters.
[Post New]10/05/2022 15:29
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Anonymous
I believe RM may not be county wide for very many more years?

IB programs are pretty darn similar worldwide. They are not defined by MCPS standards - they are defined by the IBO
[Post New]10/05/2022 15:36
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The only difference is that the RM program is more established and attracts the top scoring kids as a result.


So what does that mean? Better teachers? Better administration?


Stronger cohort
[Post New]10/05/2022 15:38
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Anonymous
And here comes the annual battle over whether of not the standards are different.

I bet my popcorn is better than yours!
[Post New]10/05/2022 15:48
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Anonymous
IB at RM is incredibly hard.
[Post New]10/05/2022 16:55
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Anonymous
Kennedy has long been a very diverse and low achieving school and the IB was introduced in order to benefit the kids who attend and the profile overall.
[Post New]10/05/2022 16:59
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:IB at RM is incredibly hard.

DC is at RMIB. DC has met a few people who were in IB programs elsewhere, and they said that RMIB is much tougher than what they have experienced at their other school -- I don't recall if it was another MCPS school or not.

RMIB definitely has a reputation for being tough. Tons of work. Yes, the materials are probably very similar to other IB programs, but I don't know if the expectations and workload are similar.
[Post New]10/05/2022 18:14
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Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:IB at RM is incredibly hard.

DC is at RMIB. DC has met a few people who were in IB programs elsewhere, and they said that RMIB is much tougher than what they have experienced at their other school -- I don't recall if it was another MCPS school or not.

RMIB definitely has a reputation for being tough. Tons of work. Yes, the materials are probably very similar to other IB programs, but I don't know if the expectations and workload are similar.

I teach at RM. We get international students who transferred in to RM IB when they move here.
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