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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I fear that opening 2-way immersion schools only in areas with large Spanish speaking populations will further drive out the non-Hispanic middle class and accelerate segregation in MCPS. If MCPS is really serious about the benefits of learning a second language for all children, they would open immersion schools in Bethesda and Chevy Chase too. But they won't.

And to those who point to the popularity of the lottery immersion schools I'll say this: [b]of 5 families I know who sent their kids to language immersion, 4 did so to avoid their low-income local school and get them into a classroom of middle class peers[/b]. If you offer them that same immersion experience at their local low-income school, they will not want it.

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This is a very true statement.  Some people simply can't believe it but it's true.[/quote]

I believe it, but I also think it is ludicrous for people to buy in a mixed income neighborhood (because that's what they can afford) and then whine when they actually have to send their children to school with the children of the other folks who can afford to live in that neighborhood.

I don't see it in this thread, necessarily, but a local listserv blew up today about the Rolling Terrace decision and it included a fair amount of nonsense, considering that folks paid less to live in-bounds for Rolling Terrace and now have to actually use the school for which they are zoned.

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This is nonsensical.  They have been going to this school all along.[/quote]

And the RT parents I know want to stay and have their kids join the dual immersion program, which would be full integration with non-immersion kids in the school.[/quote]

As the PP stated the 4 people you know who are putting a brave face on it no more represent the rest of the parents either.[/quote]

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