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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder about cluster capacity at the elementary level...
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You have to remember that many of these magnet programs were created to accomplish voluntary integration. What is the demographic composition of the immersion program?  Consider that in the context of the overall racialFARMS composition of the school and what the composition would be if the immersion program were to be moved. 
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We don't know what the FARMS of Spanish immersion is vs. FARMS of English Academy.  That's a good question to pose to the principal.[/quote]

It's not just FARMS, unfortunately, the issue is also race.  One needs to know the racial  and in/out of RCF boundary makeup of the immersion program to assess how immersion contributes to the integration of the school.   Right now, even with the immersion program, RCF has the highest minority and FARMS population in the cluster.

Based on a PP's estimate that 300 students are in the immersion program and figures from the recent CIP, if the immersion program is 50% white and immersion is moved to another school, then the percentage of white students at RCF drops from 44% to 36%.  If the immersion program is 80% white and immersion is moved to another school, then the percentage of white students at RCF drops from 44% to 0%.   (Of course, these rough estimates would be improved by knowing what percentage of the immersion students are in-boundary for RCF.)

The bottom line is that if you remove immersion from RCF you are probably making a significant impact on the racial balance at RCF.

I would love to hear from an RCF parent with solid numbers for RCF who could show otherwise, because that would mean that the community has grown more integrated over time in terms of in-boundary demographic housing patterns.  That would be a good thing!

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Your math doesn't make sense.  If you remove SI from RCF it doesn't make the % of white students in the school zero.  Since you're interested, I pulled last year's yearbook and counted number of white students with Anglo surnames.  I get 73% SI, 35% EA, with 57% school wide.  Schools at a glance reports 53% white school wide, but that was data from the beginning of the school year.  I'm not quite sure what point you were making with your post.[/quote]

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