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Take a look at the 24-25 catalogs for the schools (selecting schools and then thr Mathematics department, in this case):

https://coursebulletin.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/SchoolCourseCatalogs/Index/All

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That catalog is not reliable. My kid at Seneca Valley HS is taking IB Theory of Knowledge, but I can't find it in the SVHS course offerings, even though it's an IB Diploma Programme requirement. The kid is also taking IB Applic Statistics Calculus SL, and that's not listed either. The English course offerings include IB Literature but not IB Language and Literature, although SVHS offers both.[/quote]

So, as noted in the PP, but left out in your quote, there:

[quote]As usual, MCPS offers different things at different schools, claiming to meet community demand, but only when there is a cohort (and probably vocally demanding families), leaving a student with need/interest but without a cohort with the option of maybe taking a course at Montgomery College (with the difficult logistics, there) or moving to a different pyramid (even more difficult).

And, as usual, they make this fact clear as mud -- they don't want to have to address (or even acknowledge) catchment-based academic inequity.[/quote]

It would be very easy for them to be above board about differential offerings across schools.  They simply don't want to do that.[/quote]

Have you tried reading, even a little bit?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/high[/quote]

This is super helpful. People always say MCPS isn't transparent but I guess the info is all on their website.[/quote]

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