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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the frustrating elements here is that MCPS has rolled back the ability of the non-magnet IB schools to offer "pre-IB" classes.

It's part of this incredibly upsetting push-and-pull on the part of the Central Office. They want more families to choose B-CC or Einstein and claim to be expanding opportunities to these programs, but at the same time they are gatekeeping course offerings to the point that a teen who is looking for a like-minded peer group and pre-IB classes must wait until 11th grade to access those things. [/quote]
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There is no such thing as "pre-IB" classes[/b] in that sense. IB starts in 11th grade. Before that, there's the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP). I think that all of the MCPS high schools that offer a IB diploma programme are wall-to-wall MYP schools, but I'm not totally certain about that.[/quote]
yes there is. See above post about RMIB.[/quote]

Those aren't "pre-IB" classes, they are special classes for students who were accepted into the RMIB magnet program.[/quote]
yes, and it's generally called "pre-IB" classes since it can only be taken by IB magnet students.[/quote]

So essentially it's "magnet English" or whatever, just like Blair or Wheaton would have magnet-specific math or science classes to prepare them for APs or more advanced classes in the upper grades.

[b]I think one reason central office is cracking down on the "pre-IB" designation is that those classes aren't sanctioned by the IB organization. Unless it's a proper Middle Years course, it's not officially tied to, or aligned with, the IB curriculum. So they technically shouldn't be using the IB name.[/b]

And no, Einstein, at least, isn't a MYP school. [/quote]

Ok, that makes more sense. If it's not an official MYP Course then it shouldn't have the name and the cohort-exclusivity attached to it.[/quote]

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