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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone who is committed to having my child learn a second language[b] I think it is unfair that some kids get a space just to avoid their home school[/b]. But that is my opinion. There are always going to be ways where things seem unfair depending who is looking at it and how. When my kid didn't get a preschool space at a school I liked bc the class was filled with siblings it felt unfair but it was the policy and I accepted it. I'm sure if it was the other way around it would feel unfair bc it would negatively affect my family! I kept trying and we found something that worked for us. I think if there is a fight worth fighting it is that demand exceeds supply. [/quote]
People are underestimating the level of commitment that is required to be successful in these programs. The children and parents who are motivated about learning a new language fair much better in these programs for the long haul. [b]The drop-out rate increase significantly as they kids get older, especially third grade and beyond. In some program third, fourth, and fifth grades are tiny[/b]! Unfortunately at that point new comers have to test in. It stinks.  [/quote]

I always thought this was a function of kids getting into the HGC.  Why would kids drop out of immersion otherwise?  And re: the home school issue - I used to think that too - that immersion was just a way for kids to get out of a poor home school.  We are in an immersion program, and really the demographics of our home school and the immersion school are about the same - if anything, the home school has better test scores, etc.  We gave it a shot because I think that language learning is benficial at an early age.  But once we were in the program, I came to know that many of the kids there actually had stronger, or at least equal, home school options.  Their families just wanted the immersion experience.  I guess my point is, I don't think the often cited reason of poor home school options is prevalent for a majority of the families that enter the immersion programs.[/quote]

It's all big misunderstanding really...  The VOCAL BCC and CHURCHILL communities believe this which may or not be true.  They drown out the fact that many kids in immersion are at burnt mills, Sligo, maryvale, rolling terrace etc which are high FARMS schools.

The reality is that on average most who attend immersion fall into higher income brackets regardless of the homeschool.[/quote]

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