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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They tried putting high profile programs in low income schools.  How are those IB programs going at Watkins Mill and Kennedy?[/quote]

I thought the Watkins Mill IB program was considered pretty successful?  I know the one at Kennedy is not good and is generally avoided but that doesn't make all of them bad [/quote]

Not sure I'd consider Watkins Mill successful....  https://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DHXL5Z54F2FC/$file/MCPS%20IB%20Program%20Statistics.pdf

And yes, it's still a new program. But MCPS also hasn't done any analysis to determine what is working and what isn't. [/quote]

Doesn't look that bad to me given nearly all the students receive farms[/quote]

That's fair, but if you're a region 5 parent with a high achieving child, are you sending them to an IB program where only 17% of students are passing the IB math exam?  [/quote]

And MCPS has no plans in place to improve those math outcomes. Somehow, dispersing RMIB students to attend their home schools or a new regional school program is supposed to somehow improve outcomes at lower performing regional IB programs.[/quote]

Region 5 currently sends about 10 kids a year to RMIB. Even if they all go to Watkins Mill instead, it's not changing outcomes. [/quote]

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