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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would these be issues at a private immersion school like WIS, which is 50/50 after K? Assuming no learning challenges but also no preexisting language skills. [/quote]

Public immersion schools also switch to 50/50 immersion after K mostly. It really depends on the kid. What you have to understand is that outside immersion programs, you will see kids learning at different rates and with varying levels of success, especially in 1st through 3rd. Sometimes LDs are discovered later, sometimes a kid just takes longer to pick up certain subjects. By 4th or 5th in a non-immersion program, most of the kids who were taking longer to pick up reading and early math have caught up. But in an immersion program, it might be harder to get kids what they need, or the immersion might start to feel like a distraction that is less important than getting up to speed in ELA or math.

Lots of kids who do immersion do great -- they learn what they need in core subjects plus gain language skills in the immersion language. It works as it's supposed to. But sometimes it doesn't. This is the risk you take with immersion, but it can be a calculated risk if you just stay in touch with how your kid is doing and take any setbacks seriously. If it makes sense to leave immersion, you'll leave immersion.[/quote]

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