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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why was summer school immersion removed this year?  [/quote]

Where did you see this? [/quote]

There have been a number of emails from Key. It’s also not in the catalog. [/quote]

There is a wide range of speculation, but the most likely answer is that the current APS leadership does not value the immersion program.  The abrupt way it was done suggests it was not something they thought through and some speculate it was vindictive in response to community push back over the swap.[/quote]

Wow, we were considering immersion for our rising K-er (we are not in the ASFS zone, btw), but I'm really concerned about the future of the program. [/quote]
This is completely untrue though.  APS keeps saying how much it values immersion.  Over and over.  No way are they doing away with the program -- in fact they are looking to grow it by moving it either to multiple new sites or moving it closer to more native spanish speakers.  They kept re-iterating this (in spanish no less) at the last school board meeting.

This blow back from the immersion community over the swap really has me baffled.  It reminds me of last spring when the career center debate was happening and people around there kept talking about how they didn't deserve to go to a less than neighborhood school, and the school board kept saying that it wasn't going to be an option school.

Choose to not go immersion because you don't want your kid at a 700+ student school (where parent engagement can't really cancel out slipping through the cracks of large classes because you aren't fluent in spanish and can't afford to have spanish tutoring in second grade).  Or choose to not do it because you don't think that its a good fit for your kid because of a special need, or because you are concerned about your child having issues with learning a new language and don't think that should be a high priority compared with learning basic arithmetic.  Or because your kid is already bilingual and you think they should focus more on perfecting their english.  But don't pass on it because you think APS is going to dismantle the program -- its not.  
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