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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And a family that doesn't (or won't) consider a program with equal resources and standards won't have much of a case to argue.[/quote]

But this is where you are wrong. Where are the equal resources and standards?  Those buses from all over the county to Rockville cost a lot of money.  The regional centers will get to tap into some local buses, but the county will need the buses that are all directed to RM right now in order to get the kids to the regional sites.  RM won't need more buses when it becomes a local program (like Einstein). And anyone who thinks MCPS is going to revisit all their work by drawing the boundaries again to include RM as a regional site is mistaken.  RM will be announced a local program in this coming year or next, and that is how they will eliminate the overcrowding. County-wide kids graduate and the numbers in the building go down by 100 or so students every year. That means downsizing in the building in more ways than one.  Resources, including teachers, will be reallocated. The program already has large classes, and some offerings will probably disappear because there are fewer kids.  No more county-wide magnet, no need for transportation.  If you want guaranteed transportation all four years go to a regional site. It will be the first resource to go at RM (and also discourages applicants).  Once this change is made, the school will no longer be considered a magnet.  So those at the school will be stuck there during the transition and the mess that will follow.  MCPS will save money on buses and administrative salaries, and make use of the expensive programs already in the regional schools that have historically shown little interest or enrollment from the local school population.  The resources will be redirected to supporting these new regional programs.  They will get the priority and whatever funding there is. The school that will lose the most is RM, because once RM is equal to the other local school programs, there won't be much to argue about and nothing worth comparing.
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Wow... lots of theories and guesses here, but they are just theories and guesses, no facts!

MCPS BOE has said RM will continue as a county wide magnet.  
MCPS BOE has said there will be regional IB programs in all areas of the county.
MCPS BOE has said transportation will be provided to the regional and county wide IB programs.

That is ALL they have said.  
Please stop guessing and spreading mis-information.  If you want to make predictions, clearly state that you are GUESSING this is what will happen. [/quote]

But you assume I'm guessing, so I GUESS I am. And I GUESS the BOE operates with no other agenda or interests, spoken or not, and I GUESS we should always believe that what the BOE says is fact is so.  Countywide IB is not sustainable nor fiscally responsible. 
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