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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope they cut language immersion in elementary and middle schools. I would rather MCPS focus on the basics (general education, gifted education and special education)

Immersion can be done at the high school level with a MCPS summer study broad in sophomore, junior and senior levels. [/quote]

I agree with this. Participation is limited to the lucky few who got selected from the lottery.

At the MS or HS level, it should not be called immersion when students are just taking an elective. When I first learned about the program, I thought kids are taught science, history, etc in the specific world language. [b]I think immersion should definitely be eliminated at the MS or HS level.[/b]

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Why?  Because participation is limited to the lucky few who lottery in?  Immersion is lottery based but a large number of applicants get a spot somewhere.  There are 264 kindergarten spots and annually there are about 500-600 applicants for those spots.  PLUS the waitlist moves considerably, for some programs more than others.  Don't get me wrong -- the disappointment can be very real.  And I think there may be better ways of running the lottery.

But.... most of the special programs at MCPS are limited.  CES, middle school magnets are both lottery based.  Should we cut everything that isn't open to all kids who are interested/qualified?  Or does it make more sense to see what we can do to expand opportunities where possible?[/quote]

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