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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I, for one, am so hopeful that the deal Westover got from the SB 5 years ago gets blown up over this.  It should. Conditions have changed drastically and that “promise” needs to be revisited. I agree that the second best option is to “Fleet” McKinley. Essentially give Reed to McKinley (still 100% walkable school) with a crossing guard at Washington Blvd) and make McKinley immersion. Reed draws from the East and south and fills with almost all walkers. [/quote]

There is a high risk of not being able to fill 725 immersion seats at McKinley. Now, If APS was willing to change its foreign language approach it could be done. You do not need a 50/50 split for a language school. Have lots of friends whose kids are in French immersion without any other kids who are native French speakers. [/quote]

Cintia Johnson herself said last week that the integrity of the immersion program hinges on a 50/50 mix, putting those schools/classrooms where the Spanish speakers are as necessary. So our interim superintendent thinks immersion should move south and said as much in the same meeting where staff said to forget about the key/ASFS swap.[/quote]

And what I’m saying is other school systems have language schools that aren’t predicated on any students being native in the language taught. If we can’t get native speakers in a language and there is enough demand from those who don’t speak a language, there are other models to follow. [/quote]

DP.  The point is, APS has been very explicit that they are not changing immersion models at this time.  You can keep talking about other models until you are blue in the face, and it won’t matter.[/quote]

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