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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP -

The truth of the matter is that language is not the only barrier in a high ESOL scenario. These are not kids from homes where parents are reading to them at night although in Spanish.

The kids doing well in MCPS are those with highly educated parents and with families that give importance to enrichment and learning outside of school.  This is not what is true of the majority of the ESOL kids.

So, yes, MCPS  and the teachers will make a very strong attempt to get them up to speed...but your kid will suffer in the end because standards will be dramatically lowered.

I for one applaud that MCPS will concentrate in teaching curriculum 2.0 to ESOL.  That is the correct thing to do.

Being in a school that is heavily ESOL is not detrimental because of the language barrier ...it is detrimental because of the disparity in socio-economic status and educational level of parents.

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This post is the epitome of the lack of sophistication on DCUM. I dont have the stomach for this thread, so apologies if this PP's flaws have been covered, but... [b]one on my best friends to this day (I'm 40) came to this country in second grade not speaking any english. Her parents were/are both PhD economists  - US degrees  - at the World Bank, both of whom went on to Cabinet level positions in a developed South American country. They read to her and her siblings, did math with them at home etc...but she was ESOL.[/b]

I don't understand the implied speaking Spanish = lower education/ SES arguments. You do realize most people outside of the US speak multiple languages, right? and that exposing your children to other languages/cultures is beneficial? 
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The above poster has very limited brain power. I am surprised that the two PhD Economists working at the World Bank, who read to their kids each nights, and had US degrees, so obviously could speak English...allowed their kids to be friends with this poster.

I said " [i][b]The kids doing well in MCPS are those with highly educated parents and with families that give importance to enrichment and learning outside of school.  This is not what is true of the majority of the ESOL kids.[/b][/i] "

And I know a lot of parents who come from other countries, highly educated, who will only speak to their children in their native language so that they can become fluent in it.  They choose to speak to their kids in a foreign language because they know that the kids can pick up English easily (through ESOL).

These parents can talk to other parents and the school administrators in English. They are not getting FARMS, they are educated, they are invested in their kids education and thus their kids did well.

They are not representative of the majority of ESOL parents. They probably lived in Bethesda as well.

Though I am surprised that they let the village idiot befriend their kids...oh well, these foreigners are crazy!

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