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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But this:
"I’m not asking anyone to master English but at least be on grade level before you think you can effectively tackle another language. "

doesn't work for a school system where you play the lottery for three-year-olds. There is no "on grade level" for three year olds. [/quote]

Of course not but it’s easy to predict which kids will do better in school than others.  Looks like you have not done any reading into this so let me spell it out for you:

SES
Education level of parents esp mother 
Stable family structure with both parents in house and active in child’s education 
Family support and high values placed on education 
Books at home and reading to the child on daily basis 
Spanish is parents native language

These are just some predictors.  There are lesser others.  So if the child does not have a few of the predictors above, best not to put the kid in a language immersion school.  Even with predictors above, have the resources and money for extra tutoring in case the child needs it.

Lower SES families are not stupid.  If they are not sure that their child will do well in school, they are not going to set their child up for failure with a more challenging curriculum.  The kid needs to be competent in English before considering another language. Look at the DCPS schools with both a traditional and language immersion track.  Traditional track predominantly lower SES.  Language track predominantly higher SES.

I’m not saying all lower SES kids will not do well.  There will be a few outliers that might.  But statistically, most won’t do well in not only ELA but also Spanish.  Look at the immersion school with the most at risk kids which also has the lowest percentage of students at grade level in ELA.  Not a coincidence.

Lastly, if you find your child is not doing well in ELA at an immersion school, high probability they are not doing well in Spanish either, especially if there is no native Spanish speaking parents.  So pull the child out and put them in your IB school or another traditional track school.  Easy enough then to let your child continue to struggle endlessly.  [/quote]

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