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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kennedy IB isn't new it has always been open to the DCC kids. What is new is that it is open to several W schools now. [/quote]

I’d say that’s a huge difference. It’s a competitive regional IB like Richard Montgomery now, not a local school.[/quote]

It will only be a big deal if people choose to send their kids their.  If it is opened to outside kids already, is there any data on how many kids from the Western schools have chosen to attend?

Even if it were to develop a strong reputation, there are going to be lots of parents who will be unwilling to send their kid there for geography alone.  That's a hell of a commute when the neighborhood school is a good option.  And that hesitance may make it harder to attract enough top students to develop the strong reputation in the first instance.  It is a vicious cycle, somewhat similar to the difficulties of improving city schools, but it is hard to get those first families to stay and build something.[/quote]
There are kids from Clarksburg at RMIB.  Similar commute.  I think the lure of an IB diploma at a magnet school might be attractive enough for some.

Weird, though, to have IB local program in BCC AND allow them to be in a regional magnet for IB.  Why would someone from BCC go to Kennedy for IB when they can stay at the home school, other than *maybe* a large peer group?[/quote]

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