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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So there are few options but to move the start to first grade.  Maybe if you don't want immersion enough to move your child after K, you should just stay where you are.[/quote]

Many and maybe even the majority of the parents are drawn to the immersion program to get their kids out the the general populations of their home schools. While I am sure they want the best education for their kids too, just not enough to move to better areas. [/quote]

How do you know this? We are zoned for a school that is probably not highly regarded by the W folks, but honestly it was all about immersion for us and every other person in the neighborhood we know who applied. Honestly that we would be in another cluster beyond elementary wasn't even on our radar.  I think you are just snobby and assume people on the east side are trying to get out of their schools.[/quote]

I think it would be very interesting to see how many kids from the W clusters and BCC cluster apply to immersion programs vs. those from the DCC and other less regarded clusters. I bet you that the vast majority come from the latter. I know that in the RCF immersion program the vast majority of kids are from outside the cluster, mostly from the DCC, I think that says something.[/quote]

[b]My kids are at wood acres and I don't know anybody who was intrested. The thought of adding to commutes only to lose the ability to help your children lean by assisting with their home work during the early years seems like an act of desperation. I'll send them to study abroad later if they really want to learn a  language of their choice.  If I was trying to flee my local school maybe I would consider it then.[/quote][/b]

My child is at Sligo Creek French and so far I only know of one kid from Bethesda in his class (we live close-ish and left a slightly higher-rated school to go to SCES).  I imagine the added commute for people to come from the west side of the county to the east side is very much part of the equation, and the ones that do it I assume are very dedicated to language immersion, and have read all of the studies and data showing how beneficial it is for children's long-term academic success, creative thinking, etc.  Studying abroad (as I did) is a great option, but truthfully is in no way a comparison to years of immersion education at a young age.[/quote]

If a kid is not exposed after 5th grade the language will be lost. Fact. Sure, studies show better executive functions, so does music. Fact. "years of immersion at a young age". I know many people that moved in from another country and different language, to the US. Kids that came in ES school times, now grown ups, tend to loose the language as well. I grew up abroad. Learned English as an adult, I think my executive functions are quite ok. In any case. If you're an immersion parent you will probably kill to defend these programs. But putting a child one hour each way ever day and then pretend the school is a private school (because you do not care) is an act of cruelty. And the elitism that protrudes from the programs possible outweighs the benefits of being pseudo-bilingual. Also, none of these kids will speak "native" language. Believe me...I have heard Spanish from the immersion programs....not good. At all. Idem for French. Voila. [/quote]

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