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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]does he already speak Spanish?[/quote]

Very good question.  I've heard good things about how they deal with IEPs, but no way would I send any kid into third grade without a Spanish background, it would be a recipe for disaster in the best scenario.[/quote]

If ESOL children who speak little or no English can join a class in the 3rd, 4th or 5th grade, why can an English dominant child not enter a Spanish Immersion class in the 3rd grade and succeed?[/quote]

Obviously even the first situation isn't ideal, but the difference is that the ESOL student would be actually immersed in English outside of school, at least ideally.  Even if the family didn't speak English at home, the child would be exposed to English on tv, in stores, on the playground, etc.  This is similar to how people learn a foreign language through travel abroad programs. Every other day immersion classes do not even start to replicate that.  This is why MV has full immersion for the first three years.  A third grader would be way far behind.  It is a travesty that the law prohibits testing before entrance at those grades, but I would hope the parents would at least use common sense.[/quote]

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