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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would honestly choose the closest school. The one you can walk to and will be okay getting up and going to school events and dropping off and pickup daily with the least amount of headache. You are truly comparing gala apples to fuji Apples - they are all delicious, just pick one.

I will say, language immersion schools are kind of an old "buzz" thing. Learning a second language doesn't really do all that much for kids mental skills that translates to successful academics (tons of Latino and Haitian kids learn English once they come here and don't become savants). They also don't usually teach the kids the actual language very well, and for the few students that do learn it, they lose it as soon as they get to high school because they're are no opportunities to practice it. In which case maybe go for Spanish because there is a large Spanish speaking population here, but any other language is generally useless in America.

I do think the teaching philosophy of Montessori is great in theory, but less useful after about 2nd grade, and you can do a lot of that stuff at home with your kids anyway. Create a Montessori space, that is. 
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They also don't usually teach the kids the actual language very well, and for the few students that do learn it, they lose it as soon as they get to high school because they're are no opportunities to practice it. In which case maybe go for Spanish because there is a large Spanish speaking population here, but any other language is generally useless in America.

Unless you are dating, Spanish is becoming like German - pointless because of Big Red One’s (US First Armor Division) conquering Europe and the bomb conquering Japan in 1940s.

You will never need to learn any 
language at all besides English because of this fact.  It cemented English as the defacto language of the world (and re-enforced in the 60s (internet) and 90s (world wide web)

Don’t get me wrong.  There is value for elite signaling - but an American of Spanish descent has more imperative to learn English than vice versa.  It serves no competitive advantage in marketplace for Larlo - and muddies the water for Larlos acquisition of the Trivium.  (Even more important elite signaling). [/quote]

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