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[quote=Anonymous]There are some drawbacks I see to FLES.  One is that it seems recess is shortened a bit at these schools (well at least DC's school).  It's only 15 minutes a day and none on Mondays.  Second, it seems some of the core subjects are shortened as well since FLES is supposed to be teaching some of the core subject material. There are no more minutes in the school day just because FLES is added. Third, your child only gets to study the language offered at the base school. We might have picked a different language for DC, but I feel it's too much to expect a child to learn two languages at the same time and keep up with everything else.  The main pro I see is that everyone in the school is learning the same language and so they really get into that culture and language in a positive way and probably learn more as a result verses a program where language learning is optional or if each child at the school gets the option of choosing their language through rosetta stone.[/quote]

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