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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At Einstein, apparently the administration were told this year that they couldn’t offer a “pre-IB English” class anymore. My kid took Pre-IB English 9 last year, and registered for it again this year, but was put in a specific section of Honors English 10 that we were assured would be “pre-IB”. They were clear that the removal of the designation came from Central Office over the summer.

I’d assumed that meant MCPS had decreed that Pre-IB English was no longer a thing, but now I’m wondering if that’s not the case (if was specific to Einstein)? OP (or anyone else), is there truly a class called Pre-IB English being taught at your child’s school this year?

FWIW, there were plenty of kids in my DD’s Pre-IB class last year that she said didn’t seem interested in the full IB diploma. For the non-magnet IB programs, lots of kids take individual IB classes only in the subjects that interest them. Einstein allows this, and I understand BCC does as well. It sounded like Pre-IB was being used as an actual honors section, when Honors was essentially on-level. Not sure how that will work in future if Pre-IB is really going away.  [/quote]

That's interesting, pp. My child said their friends are in the Pre-IB in 9th at Einstein but we didn't hear anything about it. Weird. I was under the impression that there were regular and honors English classes. That doesn't seem to be the case now. Why can't this all be communicated to parents of 8th graders? Frustrating.

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Again, why does mcps make this so unnecessarily confusing, different for different schools, different from year to year, communicated poorly? I am a parent with every ability to navigate this for my student and I find it difficult to figure out. How does mcps expect students without adults who can navigate this to have a fair chance here? [/quote]

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