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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent at another immersion charter that does not adequately limit enrollment in later grades, I heartily support LAMB limiting enrollment past PK4.

My daughter has had a lost year for second grade this year, in large part because at least two kids were added to the classroom with no background in the language. These kids also had limited discipline and respect for teachers. The result is that both the new kids, and the other twenty some kids in the class have made basically no academic progress this year. Teacher time has been completely directed to their disruptive behavior. Other kids in her class who were barely hanging in there have made a turn for the worse in both behavior and use of the target language. At many times immersion went by the way side as the teachers worked to simply get control of the classroom. At least two teachers quit mid year.

My kid will be fine. I supplement at home and have hired a math tutor. But most of the other kids in her class do not have parents with those resources. Those kids just lost a year of their education.

If you are angry that your kid didn't get into LAMB, lobby for more ECE seats that are immersion, don't ruin LAMB. If your kid is too old, lobby for more schools like Creative Minds, that have extensive language exposure, don't waste your energy on trying to ruin LAMB or other immersion charters that limit enrollment. I really really wish our immersion charter limited enrollment. I will give it one more year, and if third grade isn't any better, we will have to turn to alternative options and not wait around for DCI.

Again, we have the resources to find alternative options, but a good portion of my daughter's class have parents without as much access to alternatives. The school's handling of enrollment of kids without a background in the target language could have major implications in terms of a large number of kids' ability to perform on grade level.

I understand frustration that your kid doesn't make it in to your dream school. I have that same frustration. But that is no reason to ruin the experience for others, especially kids for whom this educational experience could be their ticket out of poverty. [/quote]

Any school can experience a second grader with behavior issues. Why should a language school be exempt from accepting these kids? If they can't adequately support a kid with behavior issues they shouldn't be in the public school business. You suggest dumping these kids at CMI and IT so you can stack your deck? No. Not gonna happen.[/quote]

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