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Has anyone left an immersion school for a tradtional school?
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Anonymous
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Considering entering the lottery for my rising 2nd grader who's currently in a DCPS dual-language school. We have no problem supporting the language at home by the use of apps and online resources, we just don't like the direction the school is becoming.
We would hope to lottery for WOTP schools; even with the Murch renovation fiasco and the Janney overcrowding, but would consider traditional Charters and maybe West and Shepherd. Did you regret doing so and losing the language aspect of instruction? |
Anonymous
| You know you have only a very small shot at the WTOP schools, right? Like, nil? |
Anonymous
| We have former MV, Stokes, and DCPS bilingual students at our non-language charter. We also have former students of ours that are now at those schools. It happens all the time, constant merry-go-round. |
Anonymous
So what? They'll stay put if don't get in. My kid moved from a language charter to a traditional charter. I value language-learning but not as much as the other things the new school offers (IMO, better leadership, teachers, culture). |
Anonymous
+1. It seems Yu Ying and Lamb are is the only schools students don't leave, even wotp elementary school students come to our charter. And we've lost students to the major players too. Round and round the merry go round. |
Anonymous
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We're in MCPS, but here's our story. My 2 kids were in immersion (French) K-3. I would say boyh kids were at a conversational level (not fluent, somewhat weak in Grammar but able to cmmuncate effortlessly). Both left the school for another program in grade 4. One child started foreign language in grade 6, but switched to Spanish. I think the French background helped with the Spanish. At this point oldest can still communicate in French, but it is awkward. It takes a lot more effort, and the French level has definitely declined. The youngest didn't take foreign language until 8th grade where dc took 2nd year French. Did well, went to high school where dc ended up in 4th year French as a 9th grader, also doing well at that level.
It is my understanding that in MCPS, those who stay in immersion through middle school (MCPS doesn't have an immersion high school), transition into regular foreign language classes at a 4th year level. |
Anonymous
| Our charter has a lot of former immersion students. Not unusual at all, and they seem to have no regrets. |
Anonymous
| I know of families who've left two different DCI feeders for Shepherd. They seem happy, and active in the school. |
Anonymous
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We are leaving an immersion charter for an immersion DCPS. No idea if the grass will be greener- but there will be certain benefits (commute, neighborhood feel, history) that a city wide school does not have by its nature.
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Anonymous
Why would you do that? I guess if you were REALLY unhappy at a school... Strikes me as a poor choice. |
Anonymous
NP here, makes perfect sense to me; Deal! |
Anonymous
Deal/Wilson vs DCI (still unproven, in temporary space). |
Anonymous
Why do you think someone would be unhappy at Shepherd if they don't like their current school? Are you one of those language immersion fanatics? |
Anonymous
Why would you say that? Shepherd is an amazing IB school even when not considering Deal/Wilson. Only two feeders for DCI have been proven or considered "as good or better" in my opinion. Even those schools, people can have different experiences where a parent could prefer a school like Shepherd. It's the posters that are "immersion or bust" that give such schools such a bad rep sometimes. Why put another school down because you are happy at your school? |
Anonymous
NP, but if Shepherd were inherently desirable, it should have more IB students. It seems to be more of a haven for refugees like Hardy. |