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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools with high FARMs/high ESOL populations need special programs to address those issues. It is not as simple as smaller class sizes. I know that people have said that there are suppose to be programs but if there are, they are not working.

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1. Routine and consistency are key.  Kids must be in school to progress under these circumstances.  Go read the thread on the FCPS calendar.  How do you think families with limited English, limited free time, and limited education are going to figure this all out.  Kids need to be in school.  Truancy is a serious problem with FARMS and ESOL--this calendar makes it worse.  But, our SB members care about EQUITY.  They don't even know what it means.

2. There should be intensive English instruction for new arrivals and realistic benchmarks should also be set.  A student who has hardly any education in any language is going to need something different from ESOL kids who have been in FCPS schools since K.  (Herndon has added 31 students since September.  I'm guessing most are new to US.)

3. The best way out of poverty is a job.  That is no just a saying, it is a fact.  We need trade schools.  [/quote]

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