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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Immersion already gets to up rated for most of the students from their native school zone until middle. Why would it carry over to high school after the program ends. If you want to go to BCC there is a simple way to do it, buy a home zoned for it. Silver Spring is great until your kids have to mix with other silver spring kids? [/quote]

For the 30-40 RCF immersion kids, who have been going to school together for eight years, and have formed friendships with kids at Westland, it is hard to be forced to go to a high school where you essentially know no one.  The social and emotional well-being of these kids also needs to be considered.

As for numbers there are about 30-40 RCF immersion students per grade at Westland, some of whom are already zoned for BCC.  It is not a large cohort.  [/quote]

That’s the reality of going into a specialty program. When it’s over, you return ti your home school. Same for kids who go to magnet middle schools, or CES programs. If staying with the same kids is important to a family, they should stick with their inbounds schools. [/quote]

Your comparison is inapt - kids who go to a CES magnet or magnet middle school are only with a different cohort for 3 years, so it's easier for them to return to a homeschool. Kids who have dome
the RCF immersion have been together for all of ES and MS, they have no relationships at their homeschool to return to.

Let's be honest about what drove the desire of BCC parents to end the progression of immersion kids to BCC - parents were upset that these kids somehow "got into" BCC without "paying" for BCC by buying a house in boundary - which one really can't do for under $750 anymore.

I say this as a longtime Chevy Chase resident who finds that sentiment rather ugly. I think it would be a benefit for the school if we had immersion kids more fluent in spanish taking upper level Spanish AP and IB classes. But, many view them as lower SES riff-raff who somehow cheated their way into a more expensive club. [/quote]

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