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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The mistake we made was not bailing earlier.  Others have a different experience.  Our kid is thriving elsewhere.[/quote]
This. Get out after first grade if it is not working. We got out after this, but I am so glad that DS was able to go to a more academically advanced school for the last few years of elementary. I shudder to think how far behind he would be in middle school now had we stayed all the way through. [/quote]

So there have been quite a few families here that have said that they left Key (unless it's the same poster), which is surprising because all we ever hear is how nice and welcoming everyone is. We speak the language at home and the idea of my kid being part of this Key family with other kids who look like them sounds very nice. But we don't mess with academics - that is priority  1 to us. How did you find out it was not working for your first grader? Do they even get grades now since they change the standards? One poster said they were concerned about math. I don't really know how I would know if it's working for them or not at K or first grade because I doubt the teachers are telling you unless it's REALLY bad. [/quote]

I'm sure its different posters.  I have only posted once in this thread, (until now) and we are Key dropouts.  People aren't dropping out of Key b/c it isn't nice and welcoming- people are dropping out b/c their kids aren't picking up Spanish (for a variety of reasons) and are then falling behind in math, and becoming discouraged, etc.  It is an extremely common story.  It is reflected in the Key numbers- e.g.- look at 2018-2019 Key kindergartners- for the month of January, 122.  Now look at 2022-2023 Key 5th graders (same kids)- 102.   That's 20 net kids that have left the school as they moved through the grades.  Obviously the only reason for departure is not immersion, but its a big part of the story.  IF you want to avoid "pandemic effects" or 'move effects" look at the 4th grade at the end of 2020- 98 students, as compared to when those kids were kindergartners in june 2016, 118- again a net loss of 20.  (FWIW  I kind of randomly picked these cohorts and these years b/c I had some familiarity with kids in them- but I would imagine you could pull a lot of other cohorts and get to a similar number.
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/U-Mem_281_MEMBERSHIP-SUMMARY-ALL.pdf
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Jan-31-Membership-2018-19.pdf
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/June-2016-Spreadsheet-for-Web.pdf
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Sure, some kids leave immersion… but this is also a very transient area where a lot of families move, and unlike neighborhood schools, immersion schools won’t have any kids moving into the school after first grade (or very few— they’d need to know some Spanish already). [/quote]

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