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RM has IB An/App Functions  and IB Precalculus, Springbook doesn't.
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Those are not real IB classes. The only authorized IB classes are:
[list]Mathematics: analysis and approaches SL[/list]
[list]Mathematics: analysis and approaches HL[/list]
[list]Mathematics: applications and interpretation SL[/list]
[list]Mathematics: applications and interpretation HL[/list]
https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/curriculum/mathematics/

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RM has IB physics, Springbrook doesn't.
RM also has IB psych, IB music and theater, IB philosophy.
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Springbrook has IB Music, Theatre, and Psych. I'm not sure what the issue is here.

[quote]I am not sure that Springbrook will have that many IB class selections in several years simply because there may not be the interest in them due to the caliber of students.  RMIB students are high performing, and they take a ton of IB/AP classes.  RM even has more AP course selections.

RM offers these courses because you have the top students from the district in the program. If you spread those top students out, there won't be the scale to offer the variety of classes in all of the regional IBs. It's just not possible. Like I said, RMIB students take the max number of IB/AP courses that they can.  Not all IB students would do that so you won't have enough interest to offer all these courses at all the regional IBs.

All you would succeed in doing is bringing down a high caliber program.  It's a shame that MCPS sees that as equity.

Springbrook course curriculum
https://coursebulletin.montgomearyschoolsmd.org/SchoolCourseCatalogs/School/04798/top

RM course curriculum
https://coursebulletin.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/SchoolCourseCatalogs/CountyWide/04201/05[/quote]

When my oldest child went through Springbrook IB, they all took HL English, History, and Biology. They all took SL Spanish/French, Math, and Art/Psych.
Now they have all of these options: https://sites.google.com/mcpsmd.net/springbrook-ib/diploma-dp/courses

This is the power of the regional magnets, coordinators that go above and beyond, and exceptional students that would have never been able to attend RMIB because of distance and length of bus rides. That is equity at work. [/quote]

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