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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thinking about this region, here are the programs I know about.

BCC - IB, PLTW
Blair - SMACS, CAP
Einstein - IB
Northwood
Whitman - Social Justice

Are there any other programs I am missing? Does Northwood have a program?

If not - my guess is that Einstein loses IB, BCC loses PLTW, and Blair loses CAP. Then PLTW and CAP move to Northwood/Einstein. [/quote]

Northwood has MC2, ROTC. Einstein has the VAC program (which is actually county-wide). Don't all schools have PLTW--isn't it just an online thing?[/quote]

No PLTW is a series of engineering classes. It includes an exam that can provide college credit at certain schools. https://www.pltw.org/

So maybe B-CC keeps PLTW, Northwood keeps its programs, and Einstein takes CAP. [b]I can’t imagine Einstein keeping its IB program[/b].

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Huh? Why not?[/quote]

Because they will only have one in each cluster, and BCC’s is much stronger. [/quote]

Does it say this somewhere, or you are assuming something?[/quote]

That’s what they have said in the presentations to the Board so far. [/quote]

But IB hasn't been mentioned in that way. It's been mentioned alongside AP as a type of advanced level classes that would be available at every school. [/quote]

No IB will not be at every school. They are saying that if IB is available at a school, then the same AP class amy NOT be available. There will be (at most) one IB diploma program per reguon.[/quote]

They have not said that at all. Please don't spread misinformation.[/quote]

They have not said what?

They have definitely said that not all AP classes are available at school wuth IB. There is only so much demand. People who want all AP classes might do better to go to a non-IB school. [/quote]

What they have not said: "There will be (at most) one IB diploma program per region."

They have never indicated that schools with a local IB program would lose those programs.[/quote]

The programs analysis covers local, regional, and countywide programs.[b]The programs will now all be regional.[/b] They don’t want two IB programs in a region. That’s inefficient, expensive, and unnecessary. And it also makes it difficult to offer IB programs in regions that don’t have one now, because it’s difficult to train teachers to provide high-quality IB classes. The teachers from schools that lose IB can then be shifted to schools that gain IB in other regions, presuming that they still want to teach IB.

This just illustrates what a bad job MCPS has done communicating about the programs analysis. [/quote]

Please stop spreading misinformation. I just watched the most recent meeting, and in fact they explicitly discussed this point, saying that there could continue to be countywide and local programs as well as the regional ones.[/quote]

Where did you see this clarification? I watched the May 22 BOE meeting all the way through, didn't hear a single word about this point. I didn't watch the June 10th meeting but this was not on the meeting agenda. Did they actually discuss about the special programs on June 10th meeting? If you could possibly find the link and point out which timestamp, it would be super informative![/quote]

DP.  I don't have a timestamp for you, but i recall seeing or hearing that, either in the verbal presentation or in the slide deck (I'd start with the deck).[/quote]

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