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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]This thread is bonkers. The regional program seems responsive to the concerns parents raise here all the time that high performing kids are shut out of the very few high performing programs. Now, a larger group of high performing kids will be able to learn with their high performing peers, with the speciality focus area piece available to try to equal out the number of high performing kids at each school. Seems like a good approach to me. As for the rarefied Blair offerings, kids can get those in college. [/quote]

Exactly. HS is about exposure not specialization.[/quote]

So why kill the existing program that gives kids the most exposure?  
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What exactly is the problem with keeping our outstanding cross-county programs AND reorganizing the school district into regions? [/quote]

I would have thought this was a good solution too, but [b]apparently it has already been tried and failed with IB programs.[/b][/quote]
How?[/quote]

I don't know the details but apparently people think RMIB is way better than the regional IBs?[/quote]
one only needs to look at the IBDP rate and the IB classes offered at the regional  IBs compared to RMIB.[/quote]
I believe the regional programs’ failure is because of mcps’s insistence to put them in schools with students have a reputation for unruliness. Better to stick with the home school than to be surrounded by disruptive students.[/quote]

Regional programs aren’t failures. Diploma rate is not a measure of success of IB. Where kids go for college who take any IB class is the measure of success. For example, many kids at BCC take a mix of IB and AP classes, just out of personal interest. Overall GPA and number of advance class takers would be a better measure of success.

People think RMIB is the best IB Program because it is test in only, therefore it has a very select group of the highest (humanities-interested) students in the county. The level of discussion, participation, background knowledge and drive is much higher than an opt-in program. Blair, for a similar reason, has a much higher level of student ability & preparation than any other math program.  It’s a function of the selection pool.  The bigger the pool, the more selective the admit group. [/quote]
Well, if college is the goal, then the UMC high achiever should probably go to the school with a high  % of low income families so they will stand out. Less competition.

If you look at the list of colleges for the top HS schools, RM is always on the list, with many IB students going to top schools.  The HS with the regional IBs like Kennedy are never on the list.

But, I thought the regional IBs were currently test in, as well.    BCC IB is not considered a regional program. We're only talking about regional IBs.[/quote]

Regional IBs are test-in, but the admission standards and high school performance is lower than countywide RMIB. (But still may be worthwhile for the students vs the default local school.) Very few students choose it, though. Watkins Mill IB 70% local, 10% Gaithersburg, and 20% for the entire rest of the region.

The demand just doesn't exist. [/quote]

It less about demand not existing then 1) Perception of differences between a programs (which may be valid and needs to be resolved)
2) Lack of understanding about the program itself
3) Regionals programs are much younger than the RMIB so it’s not really a fair comparison 
4) Address class options[/quote]

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