Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
a majority of students are limited English speakers who come from low-income families
Recently my wife received an emergency phone call from a PhD scientist friend who was leading a group of 3 kids (including his own son) in some sort of public middle school homework group science project. Our friend is absolutely *dynamite* with kids, passionate about science, and even teaches part-time at a University.
So what's the problem?
Neither the two other kids nor their PARENTS (who were also in the room) understood English. My wife, who speaks Spanish but is not a science person, had to spend two hours providing technical translation! Why are all of these kids in the same class?
This was probably the last straw for my friend. His small, somewhat geeky but very brainy son is constantly bullied at school. Teacher/principal do nothing. The kid is bored to tears by unchallenging work.
Next year, he'll be going to a $22,000/yr *private* school. They're holding a spot for him.
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