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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kindergarten at MCPS with 26 kids, no aide, no rotating aide and my child learning nothing but things they learned in preschool.  [b]Hanging out with kids that don't speak English.[/b] Good times! [/quote]

Oh, the absolute horror![/quote]

Says the person whose kids do not go to school with 2/3 of the class Spanish speaking and 50% FARMS.[/quote]

Actually my kid does go to a school with many non-native speakers & a high FARMS population. Some of us don't mind diversity.[/quote]

My child goes to a private school with more diversity and culture than I have ever seen.  Indian, Korean, Chinese, Hispanic, AA, Japanese, Iranian, Australian, African, Russian etc...

We love it but they speak English.  I can't imagine going to an American school where 60%+ of a school's population can not speak English.  Ridiculous   [/quote

I think this poster has a problem when over 50% speak the same language that is all the same i.e. 66% Spanish.  The English speakers are left out.
I have to agree, too![/quote]

The way the first PP phrased her complaint ("hanging out with kids that don't speak English") implies that s/he was unhappy that her kids was socializing with kids from different backgrounds/cultures. I'm guessing that's what the second PP found objectionable about his or her comment -- & I have to agree.

The fact that the first PP then brought up FARM rates also indicated that it wasn't just the communication barrier that high ESOL rates might have caused for her child that the he or she had a problem with. Did his or her kid also feel "left out" because half the kids in the class were poor?

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