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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will the Board do a survey asking Spanish speaking homes if they would be interested in attending an immersion school? That way they can at least determine if it makes sense to move the immersion school to a heavy Spanish speaking area.

I mean I don't know, I doubt the struggle to find native Spanish speakers now really has to do with a longer bus ride or a complicated application process. I think native speakers want their kids in English immersion all day. [/quote]

I think it's not about the application process so much as it is about not even understanding the American school system in general, or what the options are beyond neighborhood schools and what each instructional model means. The assumption is that they will enroll their children at an Immersion school if it's right there in their neighborhood, because it's the school that is familiar. I think that is a valid assumption.

They have been meeting with Latinx parents in person. The feedback, from what I understand, is less about concerns around the instructional model and more about logistics: they want to keep their kids in the current Carlin Springs building, and want them to continue to have bus service. I think there is some worry that kids who will be in the upper grades when this transition happens won't be proficient enough in (written) Spanish to be successful in Immersion, but they feel reassured that there will be a neighborhood school their children can continue in should this concern materialize.

If there is a concern about the Immersion model interfering with English language acquisition, I haven't heard it IRL. Although there is similarly not an awareness of the potential benefits of immersion for long-term literacy and fluency in both English and Spanish.

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