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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What grades are these? People have concerns with middle and upper elementary at MV, not pre-K to first or so (aside from the literacy curriculum). As has been said, ECE is solid across the District.[/quote]

+1.  It's normal for MV parents to think everything is hunky-dory for the first few years.  I live in the area with elementary age kids and can never, ever recall a prior year with an announcement like this that there are open spots.[/quote]

There has also never been a past 18 months with a pandemic.  Lots of kids have not been in the classroom for the whole time or 1 day a week of hybrid if that for the last 2 months.  So many kids are behind, don’t know school routines or structure, never logged on, etc…

Why would you put your kid in a new full immersion environment stressor in addition to learning how to go back to school and not knowing any classmates?  Why would you add another challenge of language when your kid is already behind in math or reading?

Immersion schools waitlist will move more because of the things above.

There are a few spots in K and 1st at P St I think.  I doubt there are spots in ECE.  And if your kid knows no Spanish in K and 1st and school doesn’t come easy, send your kid to Stokes or DCB where the Spanish is lite and the expectations are lower.

Our DC is in 2nd grade at MV8, above grade level in everything, at grade level in Spanish and doing just fine.  The teachers have all been great in K and 1st.  I’ll get back to you later our 2nd grade experience but I don’t expect anything different.

The challenge of another language and the high expectations of it has been great for our child who didn’t know any Spanish going into K.  But DC picks things up easily and school comes easily.  He wasn’t overwhelmed when we threw him into full immersion at K and it’s incredible how much kids pick up and absorb in the full immersion environment.

It’s been an amazing journey so far.  If you have a kid with similar profile, go for it.  If you have a kid struggling in school, has anxiety especially in new environments, doesn’t pick things up easily, then no, starting them part ECE is not a good fit.[/quote]

Oh and to add posters who say MV was slow to start back to school is BS all the way.  Every family in 1st grade last year who wanted hybrid got it and it was 4 full days a week.

BTW, MV is testing 90% of the school on a weekly basis now.[/quote]

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