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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll ask again... from what I know, RMIB has always set aside 25 seats for cluster students. What's changed in the past two years about this?[/quote]

Why are you not reading the whole thread and asking this question?

The 25/30 seats from JWMS is not the issue. RM is admitting another 40/50 kids in 11th grade to the magnet program. They used to admitted through another school wide application process. This second path was only advertised to the RM-cluster parents. In the last 3/4 years, the application process has been watered down to admit basically any student who wish to be in the magnet IB program.

In addition, 2 years back the 25/30 JWMS entry number was changed to about 50 or so (starting class size at 154), to give RM cluster kids enough preparation to succeed in IB DP. What parents have come to learn is that the IBDP class size in 11th grade is 192. So,[b] in that class an additional 38/40 RM students (without qualification vetting application process) were added in 11th grade[/b]. Does this look like an application based academically advanced program anymore?[/quote]
So, they don't look at the test scores and grades for the additional 40 students entering in 11th grade? Do they not take an exam to get in?

The change in application to magnets seems to be county wide, at all levels, ES and MS. They have changed the HGC entrance exam, too.  Made it 30min instead of  2 hours.  MCPS is looking at other factors rather than heavily relying on the HGC exam.  MCPS has changed the name of the program to "enriched" rather than "gifted". So it seems they are trying to increase participation and expanding  such programs, like HGC and IB.    There's a different thread about it.  Some say it's because MCPS is trying to close the achievement gap; others think it's because there are different ways to identify "highly qualified" students.

Will this change the rigor of the program? I don't know. Maybe.  But, either way, RM is not obligated to share that information with parents outside the cluster since it doesn't really impact them.  OP is complaining that her DC will be in a class with "nonqualified" students.  My point is, how does she know that those students are not qualified in terms of being able to keep up and add value to the program just because they went through a different process?[/quote]

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