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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We left after feeling like there was a class and race -based divide between the white and non-white families. My son was placed in ESL based on his appearance and name even though we only speak English in our house. We moved to a new ES and were much happier but this was around a decade ago, so maybe things have changed. [/quote]
That’s not how kids are placed in ESL? At all.  [/quote]

Pp here - well that’s how it happened. We indicated on the questionnaire that everyone in our household speaks English, but they still placed him in the class when he enrolled there. He was immediately switched out when we spoke with the principal. My point is that we felt like he was being stereotyped based on his appearance and name. Again this was almost a decade ago and before the school implemented a level IV program, which is not available at Vienna ES. [/quote]

I’m not the PP, but under no circumstances is that how it works in FCPS. Do you mean your child was placed in a class with ESOL students? Because that does happen. ESOL students are screened for a language level—. It is not* chosen based on name or appearance. [/quote][/quote]

I’m not going to argue because I have the life experience of it happening to us and before school started for him in KG- so he was not screened. I hold to my point on feeling less than based on our race and feeling like there was a divide at the school. Things may have changed though since our experience was many years ago [/quote]

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