Turned down ITS to stay at private. Very unimpressed with upper grades (3+) on the tour. Like the "free" option but didn't feel we could make the leap.

Anonymous wrote:Turned down MV prek4 today

In favor of?

Turned down MV prek4 today

Anonymous wrote:Sad how so many parents are willing to blindly believe their kids can do the impossible despite the obvious.

No, it is NOT impossible. Our kid is proof, monolingual and got in in 1st grade - excelling now in 3rd.

It may not be for every child, but a PP was right to point out how sad it is that some parents are as short-sighted and have blanket low expectations of kids overall the way you do. What's "obvious" is that many mkno-ingual kids can do great starting at first, you just have to be vigilant as a parent in supporting and, if necessary, pulling the plug if it's still not working out with support. But that's the exception, not the rule (except maybe with Mandarin)

CMI moved two more spots today for PK4 (Stokes finally moved too- just 2 spots). Two Rivers is the only HRCS where I haven't moved up a list.

No I was asking why you'd put monolingual kids in the upper elementary grades. I've heard complaints from MV parents about this issue, and truly it does seem like it would be a hardship on the class as a whole. I do think it's totally great if kids from other immersion schools or spanish speakers join in later grades.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm kind of confused why you would put your monolingual kid at MV in the first grade. I cannot imagine this will work out well. Then again many people have told me their child speaks Spanish because of the nanny, which is almost never ever true. The nanny will speak baby English to the kid almost every time.

It helps to think outside the box. We have quite a few friends/acquaintances that have gone to MV in 1st or 2nd. One transferred from another immersion school, one is from a Spanish speaking household, one newly adopted from a spanish speaking country, one from a family with one parent is fluent, one from English only and has done pretty good and one from Spanish private school.

Those kids don't seem monolingual. Do monolingual kids come?

One is. PP assumed that all kids that go in later grades are monolingual.

I have a friend whose monolingual kid started after K and she is excelling. Neither parent speaks a foreign language.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm kind of confused why you would put your monolingual kid at MV in the first grade. I cannot imagine this will work out well. Then again many people have told me their child speaks Spanish because of the nanny, which is almost never ever true. The nanny will speak baby English to the kid almost every time.

It helps to think outside the box. We have quite a few friends/acquaintances that have gone to MV in 1st or 2nd. One transferred from another immersion school, one is from a Spanish speaking household, one newly adopted from a spanish speaking country, one from a family with one parent is fluent, one from English only and has done pretty good and one from Spanish private school.

Those kids don't seem monolingual. Do monolingual kids come?

Sad how so many parents are willing to blindly believe their kids can do the impossible despite the obvious.

Anonymous wrote:I'm kind of confused why you would put your monolingual kid at MV in the first grade. I cannot imagine this will work out well. Then again many people have told me their child speaks Spanish because of the nanny, which is almost never ever true. The nanny will speak baby English to the kid almost every time.

Sad that some people have such limited expectations and confidence in the perseverance of their children.

Anonymous wrote:I'm kind of confused why you would put your monolingual kid at MV in the first grade. I cannot imagine this will work out well. Then again many people have told me their child speaks Spanish because of the nanny, which is almost never ever true. The nanny will speak baby English to the kid almost every time.

It helps to think outside the box. We have quite a few friends/acquaintances that have gone to MV in 1st or 2nd. One transferred from another immersion school, one is from a Spanish speaking household, one newly adopted from a spanish speaking country, one from a family with one parent is fluent, one from English only and has done pretty good and one from Spanish private school.

I'm kind of confused why you would put your monolingual kid at MV in the first grade. I cannot imagine this will work out well. Then again many people have told me their child speaks Spanish because of the nanny, which is almost never ever true. The nanny will speak baby English to the kid almost every time.

Would still require a charter amendment in addition to financial security on the school's behalf.

LAMB and Yu Ying chose not to bc of the way the lottery is set up: They have to take anyone admitted through the lottery regardless of whether or not they have any background in Montessori or Mandarin. Since the school cannot select or "test-in" the kids for the higher grades, they chose not to admit anyone after a certain grade.