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[quote=Anonymous]I'm all for my child learning a new language and I understand the value of language immersion. I am not questioning that. What I am questioning is how it is implemented in MoCty. Only a few schools offer the programs and only a few students any year get into the program.  It seems like a great benefit for those few, but it costs the county extra money in funding the program and transportation related problems. Those who seem to benefit the most are kids from families who live in "less desirable" school districts (using quotes b/c I'm not sure they are truly less desirable but the cost of living is lower), who now have to opportunity to attend schools in more affluent neighborhoods. Not true of all the programs but take for example a child who was slated to attend school in the Watkins Glen HS district, who now attends College Gardens Elem, Hover MS, and Churchill HS. COSAs are generally approved for this child if she sticks with the language immersion. Not to knock the benefit to the child, but what is the point of this Mo Cty expense if it is not offered to all? I think I understand how magnet schools are different, in theory, because they are addressing a need for specific children that is not being addressed in her current school. And not all kids have that same need so it doesn't make sense, in theory, to offer the magnet curriculum at all schools.

I don't mean this as a criticism of those who choose the immersion programs. It's more that I think it is short sighted of MoCty not to offer language as part of its curriculum at all schools, and I'm curious how the program came about and is only available to a select few.[/quote]

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