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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The (very unsatisfying, but truthful) answer to your question about moving: there is a strong likelihood that LAMB will move, but it is definitely not a certainty.  The timing is equally uncertain - it is unlikely (IMO) that it will happen for the 18-19 school year, but likely it will occur for the 19-20 school year (assuming it happens at all).  There isn't a single good resource for information about the move because it's still an uncertainty.  Three things to consider: (1) although LAMB has not been great about communications with parents, it appears that the new administration is trying to be better, (2) if/when you get an offer (and I think with #26 you stand a good chance) you will have an opportunity to tour the school (if it's during the summer you can ask to tour the campus where the summer camp is held), (3) we were like you (through our name in, because why not, and then were surprised by an offer) and have been thrilled so far.  If you have other questions, I can try to answer them.[/quote]

Thanks so much for this - sounds like if/ when it's time to make a decision, we'll have to do so without a clear picture on the long-term commute. I would love to hear your perspective on how Spanish immersion has gone for your children - have you supported it outside of the classroom? My family is 100% for language immersion, but not necessarily Spanish (we speak english and another european language at home). In theory we love the idea of a bilingual education but want to go in with our eyes open with regards to the amount of extra effort it'll take as a family. Thanks so much for your perspective! [/quote]

We've provided some support out of the classroom.  My kids were in a Spanish-language day care so they already came in with some exposure.  We've also done what I think of as the easy outside-the-school support.  For example, we go to LAMB's summer camp so there's no big break (but we needed camp anyways, and this is easy), all TV is in Spanish (but again, with Netflix, this is easy), we take advantage of Spanish-language story hours and kids books in libraries (DCPL offers both of these, so again, it's relatively easy).  My kids definitely prefer English but have no problems understanding Spanish and will speak Spanish with some prompting - it seems to be going well.[/quote]

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