Language Immersion Programs

[Anonymous]

Well, we went to an independent neuropsychologist who did testing and provided an evaluation for educational planning purposes. Our kids were older when we did this, but not by much -- 2nd grade in each case. The psychologist could advise you when the best time to test is.

She did a WISC IV, which gives you a very detailed analysis of their intellectual abilities including an IQ score. We learned that one child has an extremely high IQ -- greater than 99.9th percentile. This explained a lot about why he was unhappy in school and helped us make decisions about his education/school choice.

The second child also has a high IQ but isn't such an outlier like DC#1 -- DC#2 also had some mild learning disabilities that showed up in the testing but which she had, until that point, learned to work around. When work started to get harder and she began to have some problems, we knew what was going on and were able to get her some accommodations at school while keeping her adequately challenged.

So what you do will depend on the results -- and you may not do anything at all! But knowledge -- and the independent results to back it up if you need to get the school to make accommodations -- is power!

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for the info! I will keep all that in mind. Things sure do get mor complicated as they get older!

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know when the transportation issue will be decided for 2010-2011?
Thanks

[Anonymous]

Yes I would like to know about transportation as well. Since there are so many budget cuts in other areas, even cutting teaching staff, it would be very difficult for MCPS to justify transportation to immersion programs for out of boundary students. Especially if there are plenty of in-boundary students applying for language immersion.

[Anonymous]

Anyone hear anything on bus transportation to the immersion programs?

[Anonymous]

bump

[Anonymous]

Transportation to magnets has not been cut for the upcoming school year.

[Anonymous]

Has this been confirmed? How do you know? That will cause a uproar considering all the other cuts that have been made.

[Anonymous]

PP, I don't think you can be sure transportation hasn't been cut. The county council passed the budget but I thought the MoCo BOE wasn't going to meet to discuss more specifics until June 8th.