Fact Sheet - Montgomery County Program Schools

A+ College Ready is a statewide Advanced Placement® (AP®) initiative designed to increase the number of students prepared to take rigorous college courses in math and science. This will be accomplished by increasing the enrollment and success of high school students in math, science and English AP courses.

The four Montgomery County schools selected to receive an Advanced Placement Training and Incentive grant award are:

• Booker T. Washington Magnet High School
• Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School
• Robert E. Lee High School
• Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School

In 2008-2009, combined targets for the four schools are to:

• Increase AP Course offerings in mathematics, science and English by 56 percent
• Increase course enrollments in these classes by 61 percent
• More than double the number of qualifying scores (scores of 3, 4, or 5 on the AP exam)

To support this effort, A+ College Ready will invest more than $250,000 in training and incentives for these four schools in 2008-2009. Over the next five years, the total value of the grant will exceed $1.3 million When investments committed by the state and district are included, the total grows to $500,000 next year and $2.6 million over five years.

All high schools in the Montgomery County system were invited to respond to an RFP released by A+ College Ready. Following a rigorous review process, schools that demonstrated the willingness and capacity to grow their math science and English AP program significantly were invited to participate in the initiative.

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