Primary home language

[Anonymous]

Where can I change my sons record of his first language? I ask because when we registered him for kindergarten we were strongly advice to say that our primary language in the home was English because otherwise he would be pulled out of the classroom for ESL services. We were told that he would miss important instruction time and it would be better if we just worked with him at home on his English acquisition. The issue is that he can probably benefit from those ESL services. Also, he performed poorly on the I ready in the language arts section in part, because English is not his first language. I’m afraid the committee took the score into account when making their decision for AAP services. The fact that English is not his primary language is part of the story as to why he did not perform in a higher, percentile, so I would like the committee to have the full picture. Yes, I can add it in the cover letter as part of my submission, but I think it’s worth documenting properly. also now that I am been in the school system I understand the value of having him receive the services he should’ve been getting from the beginning. I don’t necessarily want to go through the school, I would preferred to have it , on his school record. So my question is who do I need to contact in central office ensure that his record accurately reflects his the primary language of our home.

[Anonymous]

Make sure you appeal and consider a private diagnosis. Those tend to help your case.

[Anonymous]

You intentionally changed his first language in Kindergarten so he didn't get the services that would help him perform better in school and his community and your main concern is AAP?

I would address his language issues ASAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You intentionally changed his first language in Kindergarten so he didn't get the services that would help him perform better in school and his community and your main concern is AAP?

I would address his language issues ASAP.

Op here. Yes; I was advised as such. He is my first, my first time going through the school system. You try being an immigrant in another country and navigating a school system you are not familiar with. I reached out for advice to those around me. That was the recommendation, I took the advice. You can judge me all you want but do it with the full context.

[Anonymous]

I'd start with your school admin - they'll do a better job directing you than anyone on this forum unless you luck into a response from someone in FCPS admin.

[Anonymous]

Fill out this form, send it to the school, email the teacher or school admin, and call the # on the form


https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/se82.pdf

[Anonymous]

Would it help to have him diagnosed as disabled ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You intentionally changed his first language in Kindergarten so he didn't get the services that would help him perform better in school and his community and your main concern is AAP?

I would address his language issues ASAP.

Op here. Yes; I was advised as such. He is my first, my first time going through the school system. You try being an immigrant in another country and navigating a school system you are not familiar with. I reached out for advice to those around me. That was the recommendation, I took the advice. You can judge me all you want but do it with the full context.

I think something got lost in translation with the advice to you maybe. If a kid is already fluent in English and happens to speak another language too at home, that's normally the case where people suggest not telling the school about the other home language to avoid being pulled for services the kid doesn't need. If your child started school w/o being English fluent though then that wasn't the right direction for anyone to steer you down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You intentionally changed his first language in Kindergarten so he didn't get the services that would help him perform better in school and his community and your main concern is AAP?

I would address his language issues ASAP.

Op here. Yes; I was advised as such. He is my first, my first time going through the school system. You try being an immigrant in another country and navigating a school system you are not familiar with. I reached out for advice to those around me. That was the recommendation, I took the advice. You can judge me all you want but do it with the full context.

My point, inelegantly made and for that I apologize, is that you should work on his language skills before aiming for AAP. AAP is going to require more reading and more writing, if he is struggling with fluency then he is not likely to be well placed in AAP. Aim for Advanced Math, where the language issues should have less of an impact, and try and get the language services.

[Anonymous]

Maybe contact your school esol teacher ask for help? At my kids school they doesn’t care about what language speaks at home ( we put both English and native language as we used both), they give kids esol test and put both my kids in esol class even they’d had 2-3 years English speaking preschool/kindergarten experience. I heard some said to decline Ewok service, but I didn’t want to decline since I knew it would benefit the kids. I also heard if kids stayed at esol for too long would affect AAP but they passed the test and left esol within 6 months. Like others suggested, aim for advanced math now, and work with school to help your kid with the English part. You can still appeal though.

[Anonymous]

Esol not Ewok

[Anonymous]

For both of my kid, I put our language (not English) when they were in Kindergarten - each of them had only had 9 months of pre-school. Both were tested by the school and were not placed in ESL. They were accepted into AAP.