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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]How does cutting elementary language (immersion?) save money? Those students will be in classes that still need to be staffed.[/quote]

DP.  Pretty sure you have extra teachers.  It also affects staffing ratios--instead of distributing the teachers evenly among the classes, you have shifts.
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In our school, each grade level 1-6 has two classes of immersion students. They “flip” between teachers, but it seems if they weren’t in immersion each class would still need a teacher. Maybe it would save because some would’ve going back to base schools which might not tip the need for another class? [/quote]

That may be true, but it still results in "shifts" between the immersion and non-immersion classes.  The principal cannot just say "I have x many kids in first grade and five teachers.  So, we will divide the number by five."  If 1/3x is immersion, the principal cannot divide them five ways.
This is also true for AAP/GenEd.  Principals have to allot the teachers accordingly.  That is why in some schools the AAP classes may be very large, while GenEd is small and vice versa in other schools.
This likely also affects a principal's willingness--or non-willingness-to principal place kids in AAP.

This has always applied to allotting teachers among grade levels.  That is why some grades have bigger classes than others.[/quote]

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