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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wonder what the reaction would be to eliminating the immersion program and institution FLES in all schools?  Not saying I support this, but I'm sure parents of immersion kids would not like this idea; their child would be missing immersion.  But at the same time, not every child can get into immersion because it is by lottery, so its not fair.  I pay the same taxes as the neighbor's kid who was lucky in the lottery even though my kid was last on the waitlist.

I'd happily pay more taxes for all schools to have, at the minimum, FLES.  Sadly, our ES does not have FLES or immersion.  It does bother me that some schools have both.  [/quote]

Just note that for the schools that have both immersion and FLES, the FLES is only for the non-immersion students.  There are no students that I am aware of that get both.

On another note, my DC's school did not get FLES after several years of applying, so our Principal went out and applied for and received a grant to institute something similar himself.   It now shows up as a FLES school, but I don't know if the fundong is from the County or the grant.  It has been at least 5 years since the program started.[/quote]

I know they are separate programs at the school, but it seems unfair that some schools get both while others have neither.

Thanks for mentioning the grant alternative.  My kids aren't in school yet, but I did speak with our principal about adding FLES.  He cited funding, but said he expected it to be in all ES in a few years.  So I'm even more saddened to hear it might not be added to any schools.  I think about 40 schools don't have it.  If they could add 10 a year, that would get in all ES in  years.  It might not be great, but in my mind, something is better than nothing.  I've already thought about supplementing with a tutor.  [/quote]

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