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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]RM isn't going to lose the RMIB program.  The question is just whether it will stay countywide or only serve kids in its region.[/quote]

Someone on a different thread thought the IB program would go to Kennedy. It’s seems hard to believe with IB so entrenched at RM. I am concerned though. What do people think?[/quote]

No one is talking about RM losing the RMIB program.  The proposal is to potentially add others (or similar "Global Humanities" programs) in other regions.  Kennedy already has a regional IB program so it's logical that they would be one of the other ones, although not as much of a slam-dunk as RM keeping RMIB.[/quote]

Isn't Kennedy and RM in the same region under initial proposed regions? [/quote]

Oh yeah.  They'll probably give Kennedy the STEM magnet then.  They are going to get enough flack for making RMIB regional, I can't imagine they'd actually want to deal with the drama of taking it away (plus it just makes sense to keep programs with existing strong teachers in place where possible), whereas the Kennedy IB program is newer and not very well thought of so it's unlikely anyone is going to protest them losing it.  And STEM is likely a bigger draw than IB (outside of RMIB, which I think is popular for reasons besides IB itself) and they will want to draw as many magnet kids to Kennedy as possible to help with diversity.[/quote]

Good luck with drawing west side kids to an untested brand new program placed in a school with safety issues and 50-60 min bus ride in rush hour. [/quote]

Plenty of really smart kids on the east side[/quote]
Define "plenty"?  If there were "plenty", why don't some of the east county schools have more AP and advanced math classes like some of the west county schools do?

I get that people are trying to be "inclusive", but let's be real, test scores and lack of kids in advanced classes tell a different story to the narrative that there are "plenty of really smart kids on the east side".  Are there some? Of course. I went to a lower income school, and there were some really smart kids, but it was a small minority. The same 30 or so kids were in the same AP classes together, and we only had like 3 or 4 AP classes.[/quote]

Certainly enough to fill a small magnet program. You don't seem very good at math.[/quote]

But most Eastside kids could not apply to the hypothetical mscs magnet at Kennedy because they would be zoned for a different one [/quote]
Also, ^PP assumes that "if they build it, they will come". No.  Even some of the RMIB students don't take some of the really advanced HL classes.

GPA is not a good measure of whether someone can handle rigorous courses because of grade inflation here.  And "honors" classes area a joke, so that's not a good measure either.[/quote]

There is a well known and desirable magnet at Wheaton HS that requires 0 west side kids. You all are off your rockers.[/quote]
That's great for Wheaton, truly. But, can't say the same for the other east side schools. Look at the scores.[/quote]

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