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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was a non RCF parent who posted here that he/she could tell the deck was stacked against the Immersion families when he/she saw the testimony.  How could a school recommend that their own school be split?  That did not come from an immersion family so all the comments asking why immersion families feel the deck is stacked against them are misdirected.  That being said, Immersion families are being thrown under the bus when the PTA supports a recommendation that splits the school and while you throw out your statistics of 55 % you don't mention that only 1/3 of immersion families were included in that vote.  My child's vote came back in his yellow folder and he said he forgot to turn it in so our vote never made it in for the vote tally.  I wonder how many other votes if 2/3 of the families that were not included actually had their votes counted - it would have resulted in a different outcome.  It's so sad to be part of a school that actually votes against itself.  [/quote]

I think the school is crazy to include Immersion in the discussion at all. My child was in French Immersion at Sligo Creek ES five or six years ago during their boundary study and the immersion program wasn't considered in the boundary study. I got that because it was a BOUNDARY discussion about neighborhood lines, and has nothing at all to do with special or choice programs. What's sad is that you think your wishes should matter more than that of the people who live within the cluster boundaries. Why did MCPS let immersion be considered in this boundary study? [/quote]

Just to be clear, the result in essence takes immersion out of the equation.  RCF wants to go to the closer middle school.  Under the option proposed by the Superintendent, they get that and the immersion program is staying put at Westland.  Immersion has to be SOME part of the equation, because with a new middle school, people are going to wonder what will happen with it (especially since the local neighborhood wants to go to the new middle).  I also think it is a fair position for the school to advocate not splitting up the school - why not?  And now it turns out they can't have both proximity and staying together, so most people are putting an emphasis on proximity.  And FYI, many, many immersion parents are fine just deferring to what the neighborhood kids want to do.  Just because someone is saying that immersion was thrown under the bus, doesn't mean that reflects the views of many immersion parents.[/quote]
There are bizarre leaps of logic here. Let's provide another example to help clarify things. CCES has HGC for 4th and 5th. At 6th grade those kids go back to their home schools or perhaps go to a magnet. Is that unfair? Should they all just continue to MS#2 because the rest of the student body will? Give it a rest already. As PPs have noted, 9/10 kids in the program are OOB. I personally don't have a problem with that, but the real reason the immersion people want MS#2 is because they probably are coming from DCC and also want to be closer to home. Just like the PPs above complaining about transport. This is all that it is. Everyone that lives in boundary should be inconvenienced because people out of boundary in a special program should be more convenience. It is rank entitlement. [/quote]

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