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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you all so much.  These are all such interesting and good points. That’s an interesting point ab looking at non Asian AP data, to the extent that the Asian is a proxy for IB, if I want to disentangle IB kids from the AP data.  My son understands school is important and cares, and so does his best (most/sometimes) but is not an academic kid.  I don’t know if he’d get into IB and if he did whether it’d be the right thing for him.  But he does need to be surrounded by peers that help pull him up.   He loves soccer and is on a travel team that takes up a lot of his time.  So, that’s why I’m checking about the “performance culture” of the non AP kids.  Thank all for your thoughts and any other  thoughts would be appreciated.[/quote]
I'm the PP who made the comment.

Asian isn't necessarily a proxy for IB, however, it's the only way I can think of to get non IB student scores.

JWMS has about a 16% or so population of Asian kids, and the majority do not get into the IB magnet program.  So, you'd be discounting their stats in your calculation.

But again, I really don't know how else to get non IB student scores.

My kids are at RM, and nonIB there is fine.  There are tons of AP classes they can take, and they can also take IB classes if they want to without joining the program.  They have a good mix of academic and athletic interests, lots of different clubs, and a lot of diversity.  It's a huge school, and you can find almost any club.  They also have open lunch.

I think RM is one of the great gems of MCPS -- diverse both SES and racial, solid academics, decent school spirit and activities.  It's made of UMC, MC and LC neighborhoods.

Be aware that Crown HS will open in 2027 (I think), and it will impact RMHS, as well as the surrounding clusters (Wootton, QO, GHS, NW).[/quote]

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