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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looking for info on the differences between the Kennedy and Richard Montgomery programs.[/quote]
RM is a countywide magnet and has a larger cohort of students - 100 out of area and ~25 local seats for the 9th and 10th grade magnet program. Then about ~150 in the 11th and 12th grade diploma program.
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/ib/2022-2023-ib-course-handbook.pdf

Kennedy has had IB for a while, but students joined the IB DP only in 11th and 12th grade, after Honors classes with the general school population. It became a a regional magnet 3 years ago with 25 local and 50 magnet students per grade level (I think) being co-horted together for 9th and 10th grade. They are using some of the Pre-IB curricula developed at RM to help better prepare the students for the diploma program (especially the writing demands).
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/kennedyhs/programs/ib/

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/high/ib.aspx#tabs-4

RM is a bigger school in general - 2500 compared to 1500 at Kennedy - and has about twice as many students in the diploma program. It has a wider range of courses, especially in science and social studies. Students not in the diploma program are allowed to take the IB electives, so RM is able to offer more of them.

I would expect that as the regional IB magnets grow, the schools will have more demand for more IB courses. The courses that they offer have to meet IB standards, so they will be rigorous, but for now they have a limited amount of choices compared to RM.[/quote]

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