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Has anyone left an immersion school for a tradtional school?
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Anonymous
I know 2 families who left DCI schools for Hardy feeders. Neither were unhappy with the DCI feeders, just preferred to go in another direction for their kids. |
Anonymous
3-4 grade is when elementary school becomes more academic and parents may decide 50/50 English/Mandarin isn't a good fit. The current 3rd grade has had very little attrition and the ones who have left were for job relocation or private school (with hefty scholarship money). 4th grade is when YY has the nonimmersion track for kids with academic issues so some may choose to transfer to a more traditional school rather than stay and attend one within an immersion school. |
Anonymous
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I would have DC1 drop immersion today, if the English-only track were stronger at our school. It's not a good fit for him and I really wish he could learn in English only at the level he's now being educated in dual language. The English-only classes operate at a lower level in math and reading, and seem to have more behavioral issues. If this weren't the case, we'd likely be switching. Language will be off the table when we look to middle schools. |
Anonymous
The "Nader" poster doesn't know what she's talking about. Just ignore the Nader word salad poster. |
Anonymous
I know of only one family in my child's class who left for the reasons you stated. Two moved to MoCo and another to Howard Cty. One kid was pulled out and homeschooled. Parents decided to send children to other charters. Another child transferred to a parochial school with very little FA according to the mother. My child, along with sieven of his peers left after fourth to Latin, Basis, and a Deal feeder. Parents pull their children for different reasons, but I am not aware of a single child leaving because of the second class. In fact, the few children who are in those classes, the parents have expressed a positive attitude about the school's willingness to work and support their children with the special class. I do recognize that every class is different, and DCI might be what keeps the later classes intact compared to the earlier classes. |
Anonymous
| Gleefully left WIS for a normal high school. In every sense of the word. |
Anonymous
| Why did you not like WIS? |
Anonymous
Because of mixed-age classes, kids are in the same classroom with the same teachers for 3 years. 1st and 4th are the only years that kids switch classrooms and find themselves in a new environment with new teachers and possibly a different constellation of kids than they were with before. (I don't know if all the kids from a given primary class move up into the same elementary class or if they mix it up.) |
Anonymous
They mix when moving from primary to elementary to upper elementary. They also have adjusted and moved kids if needed during the 3-year cycle. |
Anonymous
+1. Deal AND Wilson. Sorry to say, but I've heard multiple horror stories from DCI parents, a number of whom have chosen to leave for private or for the burbs because their kid was bullied or simply didn't learn in an environment where other kids openly insult the teacher. If you have a chance to get into Deal, you take it. |
Anonymous
Im at a DCI feeder and have not heard anything other than complaints about the technology. I lived in the deal/Wilson area and heard nonstop complaints about bullying from several families willing to pay $$$ tuition to avoid deal/Wilson. I think it's a problem everywhere sadly enough. |
Anonymous
DCI is a new school, so probably the problems are not so widely known outside of families actually there. From parents who have had kids in DCI and Wilson, DCI is worse. Yes, these is not statistical data...but I was surprised to hear it. |
Anonymous
DCI opened in Fall 2014 and isn't even in its permanent location so some growing pains should be expected. We are at a feeder and not IB for Deal so take a wait and see attitude. We have several more yrs until middle school. If we decide not to continue to DCI, we'll most likely move out of DC or apply to private schools. |
Anonymous
My goddaughter is thriving and having a great time at DCI. My coworker's kid hated Wilson and was happy to move to DCI this fall. Depends on who you ask I guess. |
Anonymous
| We left a full immersion school (actually a dual language program where every subject was taught in both English and the foreign language on alternating days) to attend a traditional school when we moved to Fairfax. One child wanted to focus more on STEM related courses while the other wanted to continue with foreign language studies. We did not regret our decision because Fairfax and the surrounding DC/Metro area has so many options for learning a foreign language at all levels. We have also used online resources to maintain and improve our children’s language proficiency. The only concern we had is that FCPS didn’t offer IB “A level for fluent speakers” in languages other than Spanish. So, if your child can read, write and speak at a level that is equivalent to a native speaker you probably will have to supplement their language if you want them to continue to improve. |