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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the mom of a YY 4th grader who has dyslexia.  I will start by saying that every child is different, so I can only speak to my own experiences.  My child did great in PK and K, but by 1st we knew he was lagging in reading.  He was diagnosed in 2nd and has had an IEP ever since.  The school has been responsive and willing to collaborate on the types of interventions that would be the most effective for my particular kiddo.  He's still about 1.5 years behind in reading, but is making steady (slow) progress and his attitude towards school has dramatically improved since he started getting support.  He loves YY, loves his friends, and has a great school community around him.  As for the Mandarin, he does in that about as well as he does in English.  He's great in speaking, listening comprehension and absorbing content, but struggles with the reading and writing.  Despite that, he still really enjoys the Chinese.  Would he be farther along in reading English if he hadn't been spending time in an immersion environment?  Maybe.  We've got a robust plan in place to try to get him to grade level by middle school, and I'm comfortable with that.

All that said, there are likely to be very, very few lottery spots open for K, so I would make sure you are researching other schools.

Also, for a K'er to lottery in, they will be in class with kids who have had TWO years of immersion in Mandarin in PK3 and PK4.  If I had a kiddo who was struggling/at-risk in English, I would hesitate to put them in an academic environment where they would be/feel behind in both languages.  Not sure I'd want to take that chance with possible self-esteem issues. [/quote]

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