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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd like to know more about the 50% rule change.  The few times my kids got one, that was the score that we saw on line right away.  It was not changed later on.  What is the new 'real time' concept?  I agree a large exodus is not a good sign but as still skeptical of the IB hate.  My non-IB kids had a few of these teachers too...one was not a good experience. [b] After reading the Hoover/MCPS law suit document, I would like to hear the schools side[/b].[/quote]
ITA.  IMO, based on what I read in the lawsuit, Hoover saw the IB program as her own fiefdom and wanted the Principal out of it, which IMO, is wrong. He's the Principal - of the whole school, including the IB program.  She can't just do whatever she wants. She still has to report to him.

The vibe I get from the Principal regarding IB is that he wants the students in the program to be more engaged with the rest of the school. He doesn't want it to be a school within a school.  My kid is in IB, and I didn't get the sense that the Principal hated IB the few times I have heard him speak about it.  He does talk up the school as a whole, and not just program, which IMO, is the right thing.  My kid went to HGC (back when it was HGC), and they were never really integrated with the non magnet part of the school. There was no community.  I get the sense that this is a problem throughout the magnets.. that there is no unity.. it's a school within a school. As a Principal, that can't be a good feeling.

The incident with the math dept per the PP's post is troubling. I don't like the whole 50% rule, but that seems to be an MCPS wide issue, not just at RM, and certainly not just the IB program.  It is never a good thing when the leader is not supportive of the employees (I've been there, too), but sometimes, as an employee you just have to do what your employer wants even if it's not something you agree with.  Or, you leave. I've been there, too.

But the ^PP stated, not all the math teachers who are leaving are great.  Sometimes, change can be a good thing. I know many people don't like change, but it happens.  Life, and RMHS, will go on and be fine.[/quote]

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