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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]13:11 - can you say more about it being "unlikely" that RCF immersion kids would go to Westland in the future?  I've hear a few people say this, but can't seem to find any information on why or when or whether this relates to the BCC MS thing or if this is just the immersion kids or all of RCF. Thanks for any and all details and resources. [/quote]

I don't have details.  I'm basing that statement on what I have heard from friends and neighbors about the crowding of Westland and how kids are encouraged (*encouraged*) to go to SSIMS instead, especially if they are from the eastern part of MoCo.  [/quote]

This is completely untrue.  I have a fifth grader and live in Silver Spring and we were never encouraged to go to SSIMS, ever.  COSA forms were approved without a word.

What's more, we recently had the community superintendent come to RCF to discuss the issue and -- while he declined to promise anything -- he explicitly said that there were NO plans to disconinue Spanish immersion at Westland or take away the option for RCF families to go there if they live outside the cluster.

Once the new middle school is built in a few years, overcrowding will not be the issue it is now.  They aren't going to change the articulation pattern just for a couple of years.

If you choose RCF, you have to develop a thick skin about this and look the other way when you hear negative things from neighborhood parents and rampant rumors about this sort of thing.  The bottom line is, SSIMS is fine so you have that option and you will almost certainly have the Westland option as well, so it's a no-lose proposition.  Choose RCF if it meets your educational goals for your child and just accept that there are these other issues running under the surface.  It's a downside to the school, for sure, but shouldn't be a dealbreaker.[/quote]

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