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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The point PP was making was that parents should be given a choice where language instruction goes in a country with one national language, English. In Canada, the government reasonably requires almost all the kids to study French in government schools.

If you want Spanish for your children in public school all the way up, fantastic! Go for it! If you prefer that your children focus on learning a different language also taught at the AP and International Baccalaureate levels, just as good!

WotP, in the JKLM schools and at Deal, Hardy and Wilson, parents [b]are given a choice of language, or no language in elementary school. [/b]EotP, DCPS generally forces all the kids to study a single language, usually Spanish, all the way from PreS3.

One city, two sets of rules.

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The US DOES NOT HAVE a "national language."  PP, you keep posting that in threads that talk about Asian students, and it keeps being wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States#Official_language_status

Note that Spanish is spoken by 35 million people in the US (approximately 12% of the population), making us the 5th largest Spanish-speaking country.  In Canada, 7.2 million people speak French, or 20% of the population.  You claim that the US case is different than Canada, apparently because at 20% requiring Spanish makes sense, but at 11% it doesn't.  Curious where you think the line is --- 19%?  15%?  12%?     
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That's actually no longer true. They all must do a language in ES now.[/quote]

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