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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About moving the immersion schools close to the spanish speakers. You all make an assumption (as does the county) that the immigrants who live in the county's lower income housing are spanish speakers. A larger percentage are not.

My kid was at Claremont and a larger percentage of the spanish speakers were middle or upper middle class. They are educated professionals. That is why both Key and Claremont may be 50% spanish speakers, but not 50% free and reduced lunch. At a PTA meeting with a SB member, it was made very clear that if the SB wants more lower income families, it needs to educate those families about the options and why dual immersion is good for them. Many immigrants DO NOT WANT IMMERSION. They want their kids to learn english asap. 
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Have they considered the possibility that they would learn English more quickly in immersion?  That they may not perform so far below their English-fluent classmates if they were to learn in the two languages?  You are correct - APS needs to educate the families on the benefits the immersion approach may offer in obtaining the goals they have for their children.[/quote]

They probably have not. But I think it would be important to note that recent immigration patterns have shifted, and the number of Spanish-speaking immigrants may not always be so great. I have noticed at our (non-immersion) school in south Arlington that the number of Latinx kids seems to be ticking down, while percentage of children whose parents have immigrated from Africa, Asia, or the Middle East seems to be ticking up. Pretty sure Spanish Immersion is a harder sell for them, despite any potential educational benefits. [/quote]

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