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1.  My question was not about ALL immersion students.  It was about Spanish immersion students and BCC in particular.
2.  I support what you are saying but in this era of budget cuts and given the bureaucracy that is MCPS, I personally would not put any work into this, even if my kids were younger.  My kids are in high school now and so my efforts are directed at getting them through HS and to good colleges.  
3.  You must be joking about innovative programs.  For the love of God, we have language immersion programs (multiple ones); IB programs; CAP; math/science/computer science magnets.  I think MCPS does pretty well at innovative and targeted programs, certainly better than many systems.

I think it is irrational and unrealistic for Westland immersion parents to expect the continuation of this single track, which is not available to all immersion kids.

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You inadvertently bring up a core issue which is that  virtually all the "innovative" programs are in a small region of a huge county.  If anyone that happens to live far away from these innovative programs and wishes to participate its strangely looked down upon.  I guess only some of us should have the privilege.  Outside of immersion and the magnets most of the county can't even participate.

MCPS should spread them out and we'd have no reason to go WAY over there[/quote]

RM IB, Roberto Clemente, Poolesville are all in other areas, as is Maryvale French immersion.

Everyone is entitled to apply and attend the ones their clusters are slated for.  Everyone has the right - it's not a privilege.  I don't know what you mean by "strangely looked down upon."

The whole point of locating these magnets in "red zone" areas is to bring high-SES families to the schools.[/quote]

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