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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there any other schools having Level 1 and Level 2 WIDA students in the general education classroom? For context, these students have little to no English skills (cannot carry on a basic conversation in English).

In years prior, these students were in sheltered English classes that were designed to help them learn English. Now, they are being lumped into the general ed. classroom (or at least at my school).

Is this a school directed thing or a mandate from MCPS? As a teacher, what we are being asked to do is impossible and is setting these students up for failure.[/quote]

Thanks for asking this. We have a shitload of Asian kids in our cluster (‘W’ schools) who don’t speak English - they come in Kindergarten through 2nd. I asked my kid how do they do their work and he said the other kids have to help them. It slows everyone down. [/quote]

At this level (K-2) and with kids from educated household it’ll be a non issue about 6-12 months after they start. 
Slowing kids down in kindergarten is a non issue too.

This is vastly different. [/quote]
No, you Asian parents don’t get a pass.  Your kid is sitting next to my kid and doesn’t understand a single word! So the teacher has to wait for these kids to catch up and it slows everything down. So, no, it is not “vastly different.” We have FOUR students in my kid’s class like this.  [/quote]

I am not Asian and my kid is a native speaker. 
You can ask your kid not to be paired with the non English speaking students.
I am neither progressive nor liberal but I don’t see it as a big deal at lower elementary level. 
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I do think it’s really hard for the teacher to manage particularly in an ES class with 30+ kids.  We’ve regularly had new kids who come in not knowing how to say anything beyond “my name is”.   Yes most m kids do learn English quickly but it’s a big time suck for the teacher away from other kids until they get there.

And I do feel like some diplomatic or corporate families will take postings in the USA, use it to teach their kids fluent English in our free public schools and then leave, so it’s not like these kids are even staying in the school system long term.[/quote]

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