Comments on: Encinitas School Board announces it won’t pursue immersion programs http://thecoastnews.com/2012/03/changes-to-dual-language-immersion-programs-continue-to-cause-concern/ Making Waves in Your Neighborhood Fri, 24 May 2013 21:43:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: ChattyKathy http://thecoastnews.com/2012/03/changes-to-dual-language-immersion-programs-continue-to-cause-concern/comment-page-1/#comment-47353 ChattyKathy Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:36:55 +0000 http://thecoastnews.com/?p=47835#comment-47353 What nobody is failing to address is how this district, in particular, with this program, discriminates against low income students. A few facts to know before you converse. 1. This district is small, geographically. 2. It is made up of a large proportion of high income, homeowners. With that said, there is a small proportion of poor children, many who have been in the program for years who are subject to home instability. That is, they must move often, some only a few miles from their previous residence. However, the second they move out of the district, no matter how close, they must leave the DLI program.

The district is ABSOLUTELY INFLEXIBLE about granting transfers, even if a child has been in the program many years and would suffer irreparable academic and emotional damage if they moved. This is made worse by the lack of availability of other DLI programs in North County. If they even let the children stay until the end of the year. The parents could possibly figure out a way to move back into the district or move to another DLI program.

The only way to view this is that they are highly discriminatory against lower income children. They don’t care if they are hurt academically, or otherwise. There is no other program for them to go into. They have committed 3, 4, or 5 years to DLI, have they no heart?

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