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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't want to say to much for fear of losing my job but I am an ESOL teacher at Lee High School. There are tons of 20 year old males at this school that are in freshman classes such as World History 1, Biology and World History 1. To me this is an issue that has been ignored despite teacher protests.

This is an age issue, not an immigration issue. In my level 3 ESOL class I have freshman who were level 2 ESOL last year but I also have 20 year olds. 14 year old girls should never be in a class with 20 year old men. In my ESOL classes I have seen 19 year old men dating 14 year olds. Nothing is ever done about it. My voice has been ignored for years but FCPS has been doing this for years within ESOL classes, but they are now spreading outside ESOL as well. The only way your daughter will not have 20 year old men in their class is if they take honors classes as a previous FCPS teacher already stated.[/quote]

Sadly, this is not surprising. Do administrators think parents are stupid and won't notice that adults are sitting in class with their children? We know this is happening at the high school level, but what is the age range in an elementary class or middle school class? I've seen some 6th graders in my child's school that I highly suspect are 15-16 rather than 11-12.

Re: honors classes, I'm sure many parents will opt to enroll their kids in those classes, but what about the children who are not capable of performing well in honors classes? Is an "average" 14 year-old condemned to sit in 9th grade Algebra I with 20 year olds?

So will "honors" classes be watered down like AAP has been?

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