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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's especially unfair to the students in fourth grade right now. Regardless of whether they stay at RT, return to their home school or go to Burnt Mills, this is a huge upheaval to make just one year before the major changes that come for middle school. It is not at all clear why they have to make this change so suddenly and give so little notice. It's also not clear why they couldn't institute the two-way immersion program in the grades above kindergarten next year. That seems like a win-win-win - new instructional model will get implemented, which benefits the whole school; current immersion students get to stay in the school and continue receiving Spanish instruction; no logistical accommodations necessary at any of the three schools.[/quote]

RT parent here: I believe the reason why they are not instituting two-way immersion above the K is resources--MCPS does not have enough bilingual teachers.  Because they want to expand the program at Burnt Mills and create a new program at Tyler Page, they need some or all of the RT immersion teachers to transfer to those schools.  That would limit hiring for the K grades.[/quote]

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