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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, as you can see from everyone's responses the IB program in MoCo is confusing and not exactly the same at every school. I would say the main benefit to doing IB at Richard Montgomery is that they offer the most HL IB classes and have always had the highest passing rate on the diploma. BCC historically has the next highest number of kids working toward a diploma in the county. [b]The regional IB programs are very new, I don't know how large or if any kids from those regional magnets have actually graduated yet.[/b][/quote]

That's actually a great question. Someone said the regional IB program at Kennedy was relatively new, but I couldn't find any exact date when it was added through online searches.

Do you know when it was added? Based on the schools they added it to, it's clear they were added to help attract more affluent and academically achieving kids to the schools, but if they're not actually turning out a decent number of IB Diploma graduates, then it might be a lost cause.[/quote]

I think the regional IB programs began in the 2020-2021 school year, but I could be off by a year. All of the regional programs were started at schools that already had existing IB programs (they weren't magnets, only open to in bound students), so teachers and administration were already familiar with the IB program, but, for example, at a school like Kennedy, [b]very few kids would have actually graduated with an IB diploma[/b]. My guess is less than 20 a year (I am basing this off of my kid's experience in Einstein's IB program). [b]It is hard to find this data by school for MCPS[/b]. Maybe someone else knows if MCPS publishes it.[/quote]

I'll give them grace because they started this program in the middle of a pandemic, but yikes. The school should absolutely be tracking and supporting a higher number of IB Diploma graduates.

And I believe MCPS definitely doesn't want that data to be out until or if the numbers improve. But then they need to pour a lot more support and resources into those programs to make them effective and robust. I guess that's where Richard Montgomery has the real edge. They've got the infrastructure and experience to churn out more Diploma graduates.
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Yes. The value of having a test-in cohort was kind of pointless while the kids were at home freshman year. [/quote]

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