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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The other negative thing about the MVCS mandatory dual language program that we found particularly unnerving, is that while it is proposed for 2014 that the school move to an all immersion program starting in K (with no opt out for Kindergarteners in 2014), there is no continuity into the middle school years. What is the point of a child being taught math and since solely in Spanish, only to then get to middle school where everyone is being taught those subjects in English? The dual language/immersion doesn't roll cohesively into middle school! What's the point then? If anything, those students could be potentially at a disadvantage in math.

It's a poorly thought-out program right now, solely intended to benefit the ESL students in the zone. There is nothing "progessive" or "cutting edge" about it. It's for pure necessity and nothing more.

I think people who live in Del Ray with small children are misled by visits to the playgrounds on weekends. if you really want to get a sense of the school, you need to tour during the week while school is in session. The community that attends the playground on the weekends is a markedly different demographic than the actual students who actually attend the school!

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If it were pure necessity, then wouldn't Cora Kelly and (possibly) William Ramsay do immersion too?[/quote]

I cannot speak to Ramsay, but I believe Cora Kelly is not majority ESL.[/quote]

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