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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our family is interested in immersion schooling so my child will have meaningful exposure to a foreign language and gain fluency.  I understand it's not uncommon that children can actually later be behind their peers in terms of English language standardized testing so I realize not every "outcome" will be a good one, but to answer your question, we want our child in a foreign language immersion program so that they csn learn another language well.  I do wish this could take place at our home school.

I have heard of some refer to the opportunity in sort of an elitist way so I think I understand some of your frustration.

I suggest we keep this thread about the waitlist since there is a group of people appreciating the information sharing. And then if someone would like to continue discussing the MCPS immersion programs, that person should start a new thread.[/quote]

My only experience with immersion programs are white families pushing to move their kid from their home school (that is predominantly native Spanish speakers) to another school that’s a different demographic to learn Spanish from teachers. Wouldn’t you rather your kid be immersed by native speakers? Without the longer bus ride and lack of data showing it helps your child? [/quote]

DP — my kids are in French, and our home school is not majority Spanish speakers.  But all the programs have native speaking children as well as newcomers.  I understand your broader point about community, but I also don’t think that hearing some Spanish on the playground and after school really compares to having all the instruction be in the target language.  I don’t think immersion is for every family and I certainly think it works best for everyone when the parents’ primary goals pertain to language learning.  I acknowledge that this is not always the case.[/quote]

Also fwiw I acknowledge that immersion families are wealthier on average but at least in my experience they aren’t nearly as white as you might think.[/quote]

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