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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to agree with the 6:35 post.  This seems to be a non-issue.  If immersion parents enroll their children in the RCF program for the opportunity to become fluent in Spanish - then where the instruction is provided should NOT be an issue.

As for RCF neighborhood families throwing their fellow students under the bus - I don't think that is the case.  I think it is more indifference.  The neighborhood families just aren't fighting to keep the Spanish Immersion children in the BCC cluster.

The neighborhood families are indifferent because there is very little interaction between the two programs.  The kids might play together at Kids Adventure (before and after school care) or be on the same county soccer or basketball team - but other than these outside of school activities - I've seen very little interaction between children from the two programs. It really is as if there are two schools housed in one building.

I would have been happy to send my children to Silver Spring International School - if they had been given the chance to be in the Spanish Immersion program.

Bottom Line:  Either the SI parents are in it for the program (and thus location doesn't matter) or they are in it as a ticket to get to the BCC cluster.  They can't have it both ways.
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There are many reasons for parents to enroll their children in the RCF SI program beyond the spanish, and it is not improper to consider where the children will go after RCF.  I can tell you with certainty that the kids in both programs interact a lot.  It is not two schools in one, any more than any single classroom in any elementary school can be considered its own school.  The friendships continue and blossom in middle school, and those friendships and connections with all peers will be lost by suddenly sending them now to different schools.  I have read every message twice, and there is no consideration given to the impact of the students to the disruption in their lives.  Seriously, what is the objection to having a very few additional students in the BCC cluster as promised?  
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