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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The scenario you suggest seems a little unlikely. It might be that your school may not be majority white, so your kid might be in the minority. If that bothers you, then there is not much to say - go move to a majority white area, but be honest with yourself about why you are bothered.  Just being in the racial or ethnic minority does not mean that the classroom teachers will ignore your kid and focus only on ESL kids. First, not all Hispanic kids require ESL services - many are already fluent in English. Second, as a general matter, ESL has special instructors. At least at our school where there are ESL kids, they have specialist instructors who work with them in a pull out situations and/or as assistants in the classroom. The classroom teachers teach the same curriculum as teachers all over the district at the same pace. [/quote]

NP HERE- I really want this to be true. Could you please tell me what school you are at? We are looking at our local neighborhood school, and no we don't care about being an ethnic minority and I hadn't really considered that they would turn my school into an immersion. That's not really how immersion works. However, I don't see how - if more than half the class is esl ( which are the stats  we're looking at) they are going to pull kids out. How does that work?
I know the teachers are great in Arlington, and the curriculum is the same. No expense is spared. I get all that. 
Then I read about test scores at a school like carlin springs and see the esl/farms/minority student performance went up this year. Which is awesome and something to be proud of... Until you hear the scores of non disadvantaged kids went down... So, net gain for the school because the poverty rate is so high. But the parents most likely to post here have some legitimate reasons to be concerned.
Test scores aren't everything certainly, but you have to wonder what you kid's classroom experience is going to be, and if they aren't really getting what they need. [/quote]

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