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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would any parent send their kids to a watered down “magnet”.  Won’t happen. Look at what they tried to do the IB programs at Watkins mill and Kennedy.  [/quote]

If the watered-down magnet offers much better classes than the home school does, then parents who can swing the logistics and have kids who want to get into selective colleges will almost feel like they have to send their kids to the magnets to get classes they can't get at the home school and have a peer group of academically focused and motivated kids.

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How do you know they will be watered down?[/quote]

As an example, WJ is designated as a Humanities school under the new model.  And yet, WJ is eliminating the APEX program as of next school year, which is arguably the only thing resembling a Humanities program at WJ.  They are "replacing it" with the AP Capstone, which is already offered at WJ and most high schools.  The AP Capstone is not a program, but a diploma designation for students who choose to take two particular AP courses, plus four other AP courses. [b] So the Humanities program at WJ is nothing new, it's watered down from the current APEX, and it's certainly not a Humanities program.[/b][/quote]

Thanks for this context. I'd been wondering what the Humanities program might be and how it would be different from IB. Knowing it's a rebranded APEX kind of helps, but I found the APEX program to be poorly defined as is.[/quote]

At least as of October, this is the plan for the Humanities program (page 66): https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DMJHXR4AA9BD/$file/Boundary%20Studies%20Program%20Analysis%20Update%20251016%20PPT%20REV.pdf[/quote]

LOL, my Blair SMCS kid took more ELA classes and more ELA+social science AP tests than what's shown on this list. And why IB HL English/literature for 11th and 12th grade? Two IB courses won't give you an extra IB credential, does it? Please tell me this is a quick make-believe thing. The new WJ AP Capstone curriculum makes more sense than this one.[/quote]

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