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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]Brand-new principal after the last brand-new principal got pushed out.

IB program needs lots of help. Don’t send your kid.[/quote]

Why was last new principal pushed out?
What were the main problems at the school last year?
Why is there an IB program at that school?[/quote]

The last principal was pushed out due to a number of issues, including safety and security at the school, staff dissatisfaction and poor academic outcomes.

The Regional IB program was put in place at Kennedy to attract whiter, wealthier kids who aren’t directly zoned for Kennedy in the hopes that those kids and their families would uplift the scores and standards for the school.[/quote]
and this is why in the new regions, they will have Kennedy as region 4 IB, not RMIB, which is the longest running IB magnet in the county with the most seasoned teachers.[/quote]

Is it off the table that they would have 2 IB schools in a region? Because if that is the case, then I think they will keep RMIB and retire Kennedy [/quote]

Einstein has IB [/quote]

Starting in 9th or 11th grade?[/quote]

Starting in 11th. They used to have pre-IB English in 9th and 10th, but central office put a stop to that a few years ago. [/quote]

Principal said at an open house that the demographic distribution in those classes was inequitable, leaving some well prepared and others not, and with many, then, having benefitted from the early enrichment, deciding not to pursue the later program, as it had lost its earlier tendency to offer higher-level coursework as the overall demographic changed.  Instead of working in the cluster to build competency across demographics to encourage (difficult as these were student/family choices coming from middle schools across the DCC rather than any requirement that could be imposed), they went with dropping the 9th/10th courses in favor of the honors-for-all MCPS standard.[/quote]

The Pre-IB classes were discontinued because the IBO doesn't allow schools to offer them unless they are MYP schools. It's a whole process high schools have to go through with IBO in order to offer the 9th and 10th grade program(me).[/quote]

B-CC is MYP and still isn't allowed to offer them. [/quote]

So what do students who want to do IB get for the first two years? And if there's no IB for 9th and 10th, are those students prepared when they enter IB in 11th, if yes,how do they prepare students for IB in 11th?[/quote]

They get the same as everyone else - honors in name only English. It is not even a grade-level curriculum. Those classes themselves don’t prepare kids for IB. Supplementing is key. [/quote]

And that's the problem.  Students are not being provided the necessary foundation and support to even be ready for what is a local program.  Meanwhile there are is a  Countywide Programs that has clearly figured out what is needed.  We've now created regional IB programs.  SO we need to be sure all those programs are resourced and following the same general outline and standards.  And if we're going to keep a local model diploma only program (11th/12th) be sure they understand exactly what level of rigor and standards is expected.  If they feel students won't be prepared, then what's the point of continuing the program in that fashion.[/quote]

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