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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Doesn't that document say 114 enrolled, not 100?[/quote]

kids drop out as they move up the grade for various reasons - mostly due to rigor/stress. [/quote]

I'm confused.  Are you saying exactly enough drop out every year to make the class 100 students?

Here are some other links -

All of RM had 28 semifinalists in 2010, so perhaps 40 in 2015 is something of a high water mark?
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedfiles/schools/rmhs/46062_profilebrochure.pdf

RMIB program had 26 semifinalists in 2013
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/rmhs/ib/Sample%20Senior%20letter.pdf

Other RMIB data from a brochure
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/rmhs/ib/OFFICIAL%20FINAL%20OPEN%20HOUSE%202014.pdf

No one's saying your child's program isn't a good one.  Seems like an excellent magnet program for the right kids.  But may I suggest you're working a little too hard to sell it here, and you're engaging in the sort of hypercompetitive one-upsmanship that is not particularly healthy?  Also, just as you can cherrypick certain statistics that paint RMIB in a favorable light, others can cherrypick other statistics that paint it less favorably.  I like the advice someone posted earlier about finding the right program for each child, and not making the mistake of thinking that the program will somehow change the child significantly.[/quote]

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