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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For people who switched to private, other than Catholic schools, what other schools did you switch to? My family is not comfortable with Catholic and while we could afford private school tuition for a place like Sidwell, you can't exactly waltz in there plus the commute would suck. We may have our kids apply to Potomac School during an entry year but for now have stuck it out with an option school that we love and pay for a lot of tutoring from a native speaker to keep the language up.[/quote]

This is what concerns me about immersion option schools.  Good luck to those who can’t pay for extra help with (say) Spanish. [/quote]

I'm the PP who left Immersion (with regret), but it was the right choice for us for various reasons. From our two years in Immersion (neither parent speaks Spanish), doing immersion (without extra help) is do-able for a normal achieving kid in non-pandemic times with no language background. You don't have to supplement to keep up with it.

However, throw in a learning disability or similar challenge AND/OR a pandemic that forces remote school, and yes you would need to language supplement. But my point is, in normal times, that wouldn't be necessary in our experience. Also, bonus if a parent speaks a Latin-based language. IE I knew zero Spanish, but my French skills were actually helpful if I ever wanted to decipher Spanish worksheets. There are also amazing apps that use your camera to translate whole worksheets into English.[/quote]

I'm the PP with the tutor. Just to clarify, we only hired a tutor because of schools being closed due to covid-19.[/quote]

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