[Rusty0604]

My grandson in Corvalls, OR started kindergarten today. HALF the day Spanish ONLY is spoken! This is outrageous. He should be learning math and reading and half of his time is wasted. I’m going there to visit next week and will be going to his class to observe.

[wbill]

When I was in first grade, one of the kids' Bilingual French-Canadian grandparents volunteered to come in and teach us conversational French. Would have been a couple of hours a week, stuff like "Where's the bathroom" and "How to I get to.....".

It was nixed because the other parents didn't want us learning that (*stuff*). English was good enough for them, so it was good enough for us. Fools, all. It was an excellent opportunity wasted.

Now, if you're talking about "Spanish Immersion" schools - then you're absolutely right. Kids need to learn English, first (and math, science, etc etc). But, an opportunity for them to pick up a second language - in *addition to* not at the *detriment of* their studies - is one that should be taken, IMHO.