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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know people who have had good experiences at high Farms/ high ESOL schools, and others who have had horrible experiences.  First I think it's worth noting that 50-60% is different than 90% on both scores.  If there's a sizable middle class population participating with mastery of the english language, I think things go much better, and the diversity of it can actually benefit all of the kids.  If the school is almost entirely poor and non-english speaking (we're talking &gt;90% in some cases), it really does present a barrier to learning for kids who come prepared to learn and who can, in some cases, already read in english above grade level.  Our school is almost entirely all FARMS and ESOL, and we've decided not to send our kid because it's just too much work trying to figure out how to compensate for the basic social and learning opportunities that he won't have but that would be available to him at a more balanced/diverse school where the majority of kids arrive already fluent in the language of instruction, have a preschool background that has taught them how to behave in a classroom setting, and are already well on their way to mastering the concepts that will be introduced in the first years of school because their parents have been fostering learning at home from day one.    I'm not talking Bethesda, but I am talking about a school that doesn't go much above the 50% mark on the FARMS or ESOL scale.  Every school is different and every kid is different, I get it.  But to pretend that an exceptionally high poverty rate and high ESOL rate won't impact the learning environment your child is in is probably wishful thinking. Numbers aren't everything, but they're not meaningless.[/quote]

Agree. Poorly performing schools are due to poorly performing students. Be sure your school is teaching EVERY student to his or her full potential and OP won't be disappointed and her child won't miss out on learning growth.[/quote]

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