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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is there such a disconnect about the immersion program ending at Westland?  In the 8th grade these students receive a certificate of completion.  The immersion program does not continue to B-CC.  If language immersion is sincerely your interest, any high school should be sufficient.   Most kids who complete the program are placed in Spanish 4 or higher and quickly matriculate to higher level and AP spanish courses.

Regarding the IB program, a child at RCFES needs a COSA to attend Westland to complete the immersion program.  A approved COSA is for the immersion program, not the MY IB program.  It is an added benefit that your child can participate in the MY IB program at Westland.

You would have a stronger argument if you took on points related to the county's lack of support for  language immersion through high school.  As things stand now, the cluster parents have every right to look at ways to address the overcrowding issue at their schools.  [/quote]

[b]The reason any immersion kids should continue matriculation into BCC is because they are a part of the community. [/b] There whole schooling career has been in the cluster, all their friends have been in the cluster, they contribute and donate to the clusters betterment and many sacrifice with long commutes to school, activities and events far from their home.  Moving them back will not solve the overcrowding issue.[/quote]

[b]This is a poor argument[/b]. Plenty of kids are separated from their classmates along the way. Think of what happens after second grade at Rosemary Hills - the kids go on to three different schools. Or, how about the schools in the DCC (where you likely live and are trying to avoid), those kids go on to several different high schools. There's really no good reason why immersion kids should get an automatic COSa to BCC.[/quote]

Of course this is a poor argument.  What about the community of your home school cluster?  Have you not invested time and energy there?  If not, why not?  Sacrifice with long commutes to school, activities and events far from home?  You call that a sacrifice?  I call that a choice.  [/quote]

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