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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any update on which schools are adding FLES?[/quote]

Bailey's will be adding Spanish FLES for students who aren't in the Spanish Immersion program.[/quote]

AKA the "make it easier on Spanish-speaking kids who are doing poorly."

V. good letter in the FFX Co paper this week on a Herndon elem school removing French for Spanish because of this. Totally shameful, and I'm so glad I don't live in Herndon.[/quote]

I don't know about making it easier on the students who are doing poorly because, unlike immersion, they don't get grades for FLES.  It's just like another special.  There's no way you can learn a foreign language only getting 1-2 hours a week of it (and no homework) but switching to [b]Spanish instead of French is far more practical for this area[/b]. More kids will have an opportunity to hear/see/practice Spanish than they will French.[/quote]

Learning a world language is not about being practical. It's about learning something new. Not something to make it convenient for a huge segment of the population, who by the way is also here illegally. [/quote]

Most of the students you're slamming were probably born here and are, therefore, US citizens. The immigration status of the parents is irrelevant.[/quote]

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