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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For parents of students who started at RCF this school year or in the last two years (looking for more recent feedback) - how do like the immersion program? What didn't or don't you like about it or about this school? Thanks for any input and please no snark.[/quote] My kid graduated 3 years ago but the program remains the same. It will make your child fluent and literate in Spanish in the most natural way possible. All without you having to speak it. You don’t even need to have your child practice over the summer. The classes are large and they use the same curriculum as the rest of Montgomery county, for better or worse. There are only two classes for each grade so the kids know each other very, very well after six years, again for better or worse. The teachers are actually native speakers, unlike high school Spanish teachers sometimes. The school itself is new and well run with an active PTSA. Immersion teachers turn over at a higher rate than other elementary school teachers. [b] If your child is discovered to have a disability like dyslexia, you have to be okay pulling them from the program. [/b] Overall it’s great. The new dual language programs like at Oakland Terrace (and eventually at middle and high schools) are the new trend. MCPS will never add more full immersion schools like RCF. [/quote] I just want to comment on this - you do not have to let MCPS pull your child from the program. They may try to push your kid out but make them give your kid accommodations and support and do what’s best for your kid. My kid is now an adult but he entered and completed the program with an IEP for adhd and a language based disability. He had the IEP since preschool. RCF gave him accommodations and support in English once he was writing in English. (They had an amazing special ed coordinator there.) And we paid for outside help. Yes, the school psychologist held a meeting to push him out but I refused. His teachers did not think he needed to leave and he was not the only kid in immersion with an IEP or 504. FWIW, he did well in RCF, went onto Westland and BCC and eventually graduated from a top 30 university. Advocate for your kid. They cannot discriminate against your child because of a disability. The immersion programs are the regular MCPS curriculum. Your child is entitled to accommodations and support just like any other kid in MCPS. [/quote]
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