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[quote=WillardD][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fox Mill ES and Great Falls ES in Fairfax County have Japanese Immersion. Both have kids moving in from Japan who speak no English and join the class. They have other students and teachers who are fluent in Japanese who can help them. The other night I had one girl translating for another at a school dance. I know it is a bit of a commute but it an option.

Both schools feed into MS and HS that offer Japanese and have kids who speak some Japanese, and a good number who are fluent because they use it at home with a parent or are from Japan like you are.

Again, a bit of a commute but there established Japanese communities and language dpeakers. [/quote]

Bingo. Fox Mill or GFES are really the only places you'll find a substantial number of Japanese-speaking students who can help ease the transition. FMES is as well run as a Fairfax County school is going to be. If you need to, you can supplement the academics while your kids build up their English skills. I am 95% certain you do not have to actually live within the boundary for either school -- they should take transfer immersion students from elsewhere, because immersion programs is nearly always going to have room in upper grades. But not living in boundary means you need to work out a transportation arrangement to get your kids to and from the school.[/quote]

Thank you.  I understand that if you are outside of the boundary, you have to take the lottery and you are also not entitled to school bus service.  So if I do stay somewhere between Herndon and DC, does that mean I would have to take my kids west to school, then head back the other direction, or are there alternatives?  Easiest would be to stay near these schools, but I don't know how horrible the commute to work will be.[/quote]

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