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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS needs to cut language immersion & programming like that.

Focus on the basics
Trade programs 
College tracking 
gifted programming 
Special education 
General populace & education 
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This would not save any money. Immersion teachers do not get paid more than a regular elementary teacher. And the students still need to be in school, so they would just be in an English speaking class instead. Absolutely no impact on the budget.[/quote]

Yes it would save money. Immersion programs have a different extra sets of curriculums, extra staff hiring goes into finding dual language teachers, there are central office positions that have to support those schools. Most of the kids in the programs, struggle with the language, parents sign up because they don't want their kids to be in a highly concentrated Latino school. [/quote]

Oh you again.  Just go away- I'm sorry your kids didn't get in but don't assume your reason for applying to language immersion is the same as everyone else's.  (FWIW, we deliberatebly bought a house in bounds for a dual immersion school, which gasp, has a decent percentage of Latino students, because learning a foreign language is important to our family.  sorry if that's a weird concept for you!)[/quote]

This is true.  They should have it for Spanish speaker only kids and make Spanish a special for all other kids. [/quote]

Maybe we should start evaluating the need for language instruction at all in public schools- how many students can actually converse in the language upon gradation?  And what is the need when the rest of the world learns English already?  That's a lot of money that could be spent elsewhere.[/quote] That’s shortsighted. We had over 100 students in my HS who earned their seat of biliteracy this year in over 6 different languages. That seal gives them an advantage in hiring as well as earning more money. Many of these students are native speakers of the language they took the exam in, but many were not and some didn’t start learning their second language until MS. [/quote]

Yes, but how many of these are from MCPS “immersion” programs? [/quote]

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