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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Read the Oakridge/Claremont thread.

If you don’t value the Immersion aspect first and foremost, it may not be the school for you. My kid is in 2nd grade in Immersion, and it’s getting “real” and people who sent their kids for reasons that did NOT include really desiring Spanish learning are bailing next year.

So my advice would be to do it bc you are committed. Otherwise give your spot to a family who is.

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OP here. Thank you for your reply. I've been following the Oakridge vs. Claremont thread. But there are school-specific factors (e.g. the Oakridge thread mentioned issues with principal and homework, which may not apply to other neighborhood schools), so I thought it was better to start a separate thread.

When you said "do it bc you are committed", what kind of commitment are you talking about? For example, we are happy to pay for Spanish tutors from time to time, like during summer breaks. But we won't be able to host a Spanish speaking au pair. It also seems impossible for us, both working parents, to learn Spanish ourselves to completely understand our kid's schoolwork.[/quote]

We had 2 kids go through Key and Gunston in immersion, and neither of us speaks much Spanish ("Dos cervezas por favor" is about as far as I can go before breaking into Spanglish).  The only commitment needed is to make sure your kids stick with it, even if they are temporarily unhappy.  They will learn Spanish, especially if they stick with the program through middle school.[/quote]

Yes, this. I also have one at Gunston who went through Key & one still at Key. We (parents) don’t know much Spanish. It’s worth it. They get an extra skill for “free.”  [/quote]

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