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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sincerely doubt there will be a shortage of students. That is kind of laughable, actually.[/quote]I'm glad you think it's laughable. I don't. I think that if large numbers of parents with qualified students (those fluent in Spanish, French or Chinese) decide to go elsewhere it'll be a huge letdown for the school and could affect the quality of the program. Seats could get filled, but because the school can't give preference to fluent speakers of the target languages, seats will possibly largely go to kids that aren't qualified. They may be smart kids wanting to learn another language, but what would those types of students do in classes where the target language is the language of instruction for content? Kind of defeat's DCI's purpose. That said, I hope the school finds a way to address this very concerning issue of too much technology. I'm a feeder parent as well and have decided DCI will not work for our family. We're also looking at immersion programs outside of DC proper. The pickings are slim, but there are some options and we'd rather take those than experiment with our kids middle/high school experience.[/quote]

We are at a feeder and while DC won't be going to DCI, it won't be bc of "too much technology".  We actually like the way our feeder integrates technology into the curriculum and like DCI's stance of not outright limiting technology but letting the kids learn to use it bc that's what they will have to do in the real world.[/quote]

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