MCPS Outlines Plan To Increase Access to ‘Choice Programs’

...Roughly 1,000 students apply each year for about 100 seats in the school’s IB program.

In response to the demand for IB programming and the Richard Montgomery High School model, the school system will expand the program to three additional high schools with existing IB programs – Watkins Mill, John F. Kennedy and Springbrook – potentially tripling the number of available seats, beginning in the 2020-2021 academic year...

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