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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am glad all the positive responses, but I guess I was just worried what would happen if Barcroft filled up with kids who were ESL and English speakers ended up in the minority. I think immersion sounds great (thanks for all the positive stories), but what happens if there are so many ESL kids that the teacher spends time working on ESL and not teaching? Does that happen?

We love it here and we want to be with the people here, but not if we will be at a disadvantage. [/quote]

What happens is your kids will either go to a school with lots of ESOL kids or you will pony up the extra cash to move to a neighborhood with schools more to your liking, and then you get called names for it by people who will think your move was racially motivated. Do you not understand why homes cost more in North Arlington?[/quote]

But isn't that being racially motivated?[/quote]

Well that is the million dollar question, isn't it?  Do you think there are any legitimate non racially motivated reasons a white family can have for moving from a primarily Hispanic school to a primarily white school?  If so, please list those reasons.[/quote]

Dude- please read the above posts. The main reason people are concerned is how esol instruction impacts their kids class time. Not that complicated. Not that nefarious. Totally reasonable thing to consider and want specifics about. [/quote]

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