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NP here.  I think OP made some good points. Your DC could have applied but did not! So, you have not been in the program and I can say that you have an axe to grind and are spiteful because of sour grapes.

It is hard for parents to think that there are students who are more academic advanced than their own. It is human nature to minimize what others have.  You obviously have not been in a situation that you have felt the school is not meeting the academic needs of your student.  In such a case, your questions are being fueled by what exactly?

And do not be naive. Real Estate values are directly linked to the perceived or real advantages of a good school.  Good schools are measured by student performance.  Without the magnet students in RMIB bolstering its scores, the real estate prices in that area will drop.  The school is blessed because it has a magnet program.  They are benefiting from the scores of the collection of exceptional students that RMIB gets. However, these bright students have a real need for a strong cohort and accelerated program.   The classroom dynamics change when you do not have the students of the same caliber in the classroom. [b]The lessons go slower, the discussions become less stimulating, the rigor drops.[/b]   It is great if RM is doing a great job in preparing its comprehensive MYP students for RMIB DP.  In that case, they should be prepared to test into the IB magnet program.  Else, they can do the diploma program with their own cohort? Surely the school has prepared enough students in the 2 years to create 1 classroom of IB diploma students? [/quote]

What evidence is that there that this is actually happening? Are current RMIB saying that the discussions are less stimulating? The lessons can't go more slowly, nor can the rigor drop, because it's the same IB curriculum regardless.

Entirely aside from the point that you want RM to have two separate (but equal) IB classes - IB Biology for RMIB students and IB Biology for RMnotIB students, for example.[/quote]

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