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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, I'm hoping this thread won't derail into the same Cap Hill middle school drama. Anyone whose kids are at Jefferson right now?  [/quote]

I’m a current parent of a student at Jefferson who came from Brent. My observations so far:

- There is definitely advanced math, with a small set of sixth graders in seventh grade math, and so on.

- For the rest of the core classes (ELA, science, etc.), it appears that higher performing kids are placed in the same cohort together.

Happy to try to answer any specific questions.

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Can anyone say how the advanced Spanish classes are going at Jefferson (geared towards Tyler Spanish immersion students) and what percent of Tyler kids immersion and not immersion went to Jefferson this year? [/quote]

The classes are not advanced in Tyler so doubtful. [/quote]

So you have no idea?[/quote]

Not PP  but if the feeder school kids are weak, why would you think the Spanish classes at Jefferson would be rigorous, especially since it’s a poorly performing school overall where overwhelming majority of kids can’t even master English?

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Ok so Tyler has a Spanish immersion program...and yes the kids in the program probably do not have extremely high levels of Spanish for an immersion program, but they have higher levels than kids who have never taken Spanish. I attended a meeting where the Jefferson principal had talked about the Spanish teacher tailoring classes for the Tyler Spanish immersion students coming to Jefferson and I was asking if anyone knew how that was going. Instead I had two people who have no idea just come on to insult actual people and students in the program/school. [/quote]

Okay so your logic is that if you attended Tyler Spanish, your Spanish is better than someone without any Spanish education?

I am a Spanish tutor. Every kid at Tyler Spanish that I knew was frantically playing the lottery. My kids got in, I toured it, and it was not impressive.

If you’re serious about Spanish basically any other school is preferable. If you’re not serious about Spanish, why are you wasting your time with a program that is that weak? Wouldn’t it be better to focus on English or Math than wasting time?

Spanish teacher “tailoring classes” for Tyler Spanish kids sounds weak. Is it Spanish literature? Is it Spanish writing?  Kids who went to a rigorous Spanish immersion school have no business in Spanish classes. [/quote]

So the kids that were seeking out Spanish tutoring weren't doing well in Spanish - hmmm what a surprise! Spanish immersion programs are difficult for kids that don't have any other background in Spanish - that is universal in all dual language programs. There has also been some interruption in some of the grades at Tyler with not having a spanish teacher for an amount of time I gather as well, which is definitely not great for a kids Spanish. But we are a Spanish speaking family at Tyler (and very serious about Spanish) and very happy with what we have seen so far (early elementary). Teachers speak almost 100% in spanish (which is not a given in many programs) differentiation is there for many levels. Yes many kids do not speak much spanish at this level, but that is totally normal. There are also many that do (usually the ones that have a particular talent for languages). Our kid is reading and writing in Spanish with little supplement at home besides talking and reading to him. So glad this school is available in the neighborhood rather than schlepping our child across the city (which we had the option to do). I think the Spanish classes at Jefferson are a nice progression for many of the kids coming from Tyler and maybe could lead to AP Spanish or something like that in high school. [/quote]

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