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I am not impressed with the Principal at all because he has clearly shown a lack of understanding about why the previous coordinator was important for the program.  Sometimes it is just an individual who gives a great name to the entire program. Mrs. Hoover was that person. She was committed to each and every individual RMIB student and ensured that they were given the support to complete the IB diploma requirement.   IB diploma does not have any benefit to most students in the college application process, so to ensure that seniors continue to pursue the rigorous requirement of the IB diploma even after they have got admission in a college is a tough sell.  Mrs. Hoover did the necessary handholding, motivational outreach etc for each student and parent.  The high diploma rate in RMIB has not come because of anything else but an exceptional student body and an exceptional coordinator.  Every RMIB student got the individual support for their own unique needs, circumstances and requirements from Mrs. Hoover and that is what made the program exceptional.

RMIB program has ALWAYS been open to RM students who want to join it.  Sadly, most students in RM do not want to join it. Why?  Because being in a class with  magnet students brings other things into the mix - pressure cooker environment of extremely high achieving students, negative impact on GPA because of the curve scoring, ridiculous IB diploma requirements that coincides with the college application process etc.  So, good luck to any student  who wanders into this program without preperation and a support team behind them. They have to be exceptional and not desire to have a normal high school experience.

I see no reason to not have Mrs. Hoover on board. But I  can [b]guess[/b] what happened with the Principal and the Coordinator.  The Principal probably wanted assurance from Hoover that the 25 kids he would put into the program (probably URM based on Metis report) should get the IB diploma.  Unfortunately, since the diploma is being handed out by IB Organization in Europe and they do not care about the grade inflation of MCPS, there is no way Hoover or anyone can hand out these diplomas if they are not earned.  Hoover was like a mother hen with the RMIB students because she was getting the cream of MCPS students to work with and if she could keep them on track with their requirements and submissions, she could guide them through the diploma process.  She was also aware that the RMIB students who got admitted through the regular admission process were most likely to be able to get to the finish line.

Will the diploma rate plummet for the current IB students with Hoover gone? Who knows.  It will  certainly  become more even more of an  angst ridden process and impact the mental health of the current students.  Why do these students have to suffer? Because Metis report is being interpreted differently by different people.

The Principal is a moron because he does not know how to create a win-win situation for himself, AEI, his school, RMIB parents and students, as well as the 25 students he wanted to help.  He has created an environment of distrust and any regular student who comes into the program will be fairly isolated by students who were selected on merit. He seems like an idiot who is failing as an administrator as well as a politician. 
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I spell that "speculate".

Bonus points to you for assuming that any RM home-school student must not have been selected on merit.[/quote]

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