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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will RMIB magnet still open to whole county or just serve as one of the four regional center?  Which HSs offer IB?  I only know a few:
BCC
RM 
Rockville
Witkin Mill
Einstein
Clarksburg
?
?

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If I am reading the memo correctly, I think RMIB will only serve as a regional center beginning in 2020-2021. So yes, there will be 4 regional centers that will use the same application process and criteria, according to the memo, that RMIB historically used. This is a good question to ask at the board meeting on 5/30 if MCPS doesn't clarify.

The eight schools are:

BCC
Einstein
Kennedy
RM
Rockville
Seneca Valley
Springbrook
Watkins Mill

That means that 3 additional schools from the above list (excluding RM) will become test-in/application IB programs in 2020-2021.  My guess based on boundary maps is that the schools will be:

Region A: RM
Region B: Watkins Mill or Seneca Valley
Region C: Kennedy or Einstein
Region D: Springbrook[/quote]
I know that upcounty Watkins Mill will be the expanded IB program, not Seneca Valley. SV will be adding Project Lead the Way and Upcounty vocational training, which is plenty for special programs at one school.

Not sure why you would put region C as Kennegy or Einstein. I'd pick BCC because it is farther from Springbrook. Besides, every magnet season there are multiple threads on "Why should my kid go to RMIB when we have IB here at BCC?" I think there is already a large population in the school that would meet the magnet criteria, but just don't choose to come to RM.[/quote]

I forgot about Project Lead the Way, so yes, Watkins makes sense. Regarding Region C, I am leaning toward Kennedy because of the planned expansion and in previous threads, people reported rumors that Kennedy was getting a magnet program. However, Kennedy could be the sight of a new regional STEM program (although this is close to Wheaton's engineering program) and BCC would make more sense as an IB regional program as Einstein would be geographically close to Blair for a regional STEM and CAP program.[/quote]

Not a single regional IB center on the west sude of I270?  Maybe QCHS can have a new IB center?[/quote]

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