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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son's school is in the burbs, so probably not much help.  Spanish starts in kindergarten, and is immersion, but it's only one day a week.  The program is nice, though, in that they use things like songs, which my son gravitates to quickly.  So he is picking up some Spanish.  I would prefer daily Spanish of course.  [/quote]

Then your son's program isn't immersion if only meets once a week.
Answering OP's question, the idea of a FLES program (Foreign Language in an Elementary School) is to introduce a Language to a population of students. The goal is not to make students fluent in the target language, for that there are immersion programs.
This is what a FLES program should aim to:
Program Goals:
To expose students to Spanish (or any other target language) at the beginning stage of language acquisition.
To provide a meaningful context for developing communication skills in Spanish.
To build an understanding and appreciation for the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
To strengthen the language competency of Spanish speaking students (native or heritage speakers).

I personally think it is a good idea to expose young children to other languages, this ccountry is painfully monolingual and needs to be more in tune with the rest of the world.[/quote]

It is immersion in that it's taught 100% in Spanish. No English allowed.[/quote]

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