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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS is hoping that having magnet IB programs in these schools will bring in more non-farms families. Could work. I would have chosen a stem magnet program, but since these schools already had IB, I guess it makes sense to build on the initial investment.[/quote]

It also will presumably limit the RM IB to a regional catchment area and not be county-wide.  So some students who might have gone to RM IB will have the option to go to WM, Kennedy, or Springbrook instead.  Right?[/quote]

It won't be an option, as I understand it. Instead of RMIB being a county-wide program, there will now be 4 programs, with eligibility for the specific program depending on where you live in the county. I think this is a positive step. And DCUM should too, since DCUM has been yelling for years about the need to expand the number of seats.

So my kid who was going to apply to RMIB next year, will instead apply to WMIB.

And hey, if my kid gets in and chooses to go, my kid will be in an application IB program IN A W SCHOOL! :-)[/quote]

RMIB will still be countywide for application year 2019-2020.[/quote]

So this will start for application year 2020-2021?[/quote]

This fall/winter 2019-2020 8th grade students will receive instructions on how to apply to the 3 new regional programs in addition to the countywide program at RMIB for 2020-2021. Central office hasn't officially announced when RMIB will become a regional program, but at the earliest 2021-2022. [/quote]

Here is the latest on this from a BOE memo: "For the foreseeable future, Richard Montgomery High School will remain a countywide application program. However, in the long-term, the possibility exists that all four IB application programs will be offered as regional sites for students in a specified geographic region."

[url]https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/boe/meetings/memorandum/190717%20IB%20Prog%20Richard%20Montgomery%20HS%2006-11-19-01-B%20BD.pdf[/url][/quote]

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