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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hmm..I am not sure what that would do to our decision.  We were not too impressed with RM's info nights etc so a change of leadership might make it seem more desirable?

We did notice that the number of RM neighborhood kids entering the program in 11th grade seems to have climbed a lot.  Could this be what the issue is?  Making it less competitive?[/quote]

Information night is not what Jennifer Hoover is - she is extremely supportive of the IB kids. She would get any length to help them. Unfortunately with the exit of the last principal she has lost her support system. I have two kids at RM IB program and one already graduated from it.

Yes, there is a push from the principal to add more local kids to enter the diploma program. He is is not even trained with the IB concept yet and he is trying to change the structure. This is a classic struggle with any magnet school in MCPS - they put a magnet program within a school - create a very rigorous application process and then a new principal comes and tries to question the structure and tinkers it using his/her own philosophy. It is unfair to the kids who go through the screening process, make so many adjustment in other aspects of their life to attend a school far from home and also unfair to the local kids who are not as prepared and join it with false hope.[/quote]

Good to know PP.  8th graders and families can only judge on what they see..which is the info nights, the mailings etc   but we are still undecided because we are not judging the programs only on the coordinators.   [/quote]

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