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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yayyyy! This is the right set of recommendations for right now, IMO.[/quote]

Wow, so looking at the data table, they just made Claremont a Title 1 school and Key will now be under 20% fr/l. Also, look at the imbalance of white kids now assigned to Key over Claremont and the imbalance of native Spanish speakers. How can they adopt this policy and talk about “equity.” Who was on this committee? JFC[/quote]

There are white upperclass English-native speaking moms who have been pushing for a shift from the 50/50 instruction model - which solely caters to their interests to increase access to immersion and to make boundary shifts like this that are north/south instead of them having to go "all the way down to Claremont or Gunston"  - next will be the push to move high school immersion out of Wakefield and make the 600 seats at the ed center opening next year a "world languages" program and house the immersion program.[/quote]

The boundary process is part of a complete review of the immersion program. They are [b]sticking with the 50/50 model so I guess those white moms will be upset.

They are planning to change the instruction mode such that K is 80 percent in Spanish as opposed to 50 percent now[/b].

https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Community-DLI-Task-Force-Updates-Oct-26-FINAL.pdf[/quote]

I guess they won't be so upset after all.  It's the new enrollees that matter - you can't start immersion mid-way through elementary school without demonstrating sufficient proficiency in Spanish.  A gradual shift in the instructional model is the only way to do it.  So your comment about the 50/50 model seems a bit contradictory to what you're saying regarding their new policy.  This only supports PP's contention about the instructional focus.[/quote]

To be clear the 50/50 model means 50 percent native speakers. That is not changing (and why all the whining about north/south makes no sense - there are fewer Spanish speakers in the north but they go to key in much higher numbers, which is why Key is higher FRL than Claremont).

They also happen to do 50 percent instruction in Spanish. That will change to 80 percent for K at some point [/quote]

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