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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some immersion models require an even number of classes so that two classes can alternate days with and English teacher and target language teacher. Both YY and MV work like this in upper grades.[/quote]

You are confusing immersion with bilingual. They are used interchangeably but they are not the same. [/quote]

Yes clearly I meant bilingual - it's the switching back and forth that may require even numbers of classrooms depending on the set up.[/quote]

But you can also accomplish this by wrapping grades--ie, the same teaching team teaches k and 1st.[/quote]

Is that right?  Wouldn't you then need an even number of grades? And the same number of classes in each grade?  I am not familiar enough with how MV expanded - but I would think that a charter would want to start expanding in earlier grades and then let those kids age up and have the upper grades expand only as those cohorts got older. If you wanted to add a third kindergarten class (and had kinder be bilingual) and had 3 kinder classes, you'd then need to add a third 1st grade class so that you could wrap the grades. I would think it would be better to add two more kinder classes than to add a new classroom of first graders off the lottery. I assume that is why YY added two classes as it's bubble year instead of one.[/quote]

Clearly MV agreed with you.  But we toured last year after being admitted, and it struck us as aan over-hyped school that was clearly going to have growing pains as a result of expanding too quickly.  It's in devoplment phase.  They should have maintained their size for a year or two more to make sure they could manage.  Other parents may feel differently and be willing to ride it out.  Personally, I prefer experience over shiny new untested.[/quote]

Stop it. Just stop picking on MV.
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I was not "picking on" MV.  I went on the tour expecting to love it, and expecting to enroll at the conclusion of the tour.  Instead, we left with a lot of unanswered questions, and with concerns.  It's not "picking on" a school to note that it appears to be having growing pains, when it in fact appears to be having growing pains.  I honestly WANT MV to succeed.  I want every school in this city to succeed.  But a lot of people come to these boards looking for information, and it does them as much of a disservice to blow nothing but sunshine and unicorn sparkles.[/quote]

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