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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was at the meeting last night, and think IB at MacFarland and Roosevelt would be the perfect compliment to "international focus" DCPS claims to want at Roosevelt and MacFarland. It would be a strong signal to parents that DCPS is taking the push to improve middle school offering seriously and to make the non-dual language strand at the schools attractive. There were a number of parents at the meeting last night (including me) who are concerned - based on our experience at the elementary level at schools with DL and non-DL strands - that there is friction between the two strands, so beefing up the non-DL strand is important to for a cohesive community. [/quote]

Totally agree. Schools with dual language and non-dual language strands end up feeling like preferred and non-preferred strands unless resources are distributed equally in support of them. Unless DCPS genuinely wants MacFarland to be a dual language school only, it has to be thinking now how it's going to roll out the non-dual language track in a way that doesn't make it feel like an afterthought. Someone asked for patience up thread, explaining that the MacFarland facility won't open until 17-18, but any of us with children know how quickly that will come. DCPS should not half-ass this and claim "too much work"...if the Chancellor and the Mayor want MacFarland to succeed they need to dedicate additional manpower now. [/quote]

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