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I am looking into the possibility of a charter language immersion school. Does anybody have:
A. Most important real experience with an immersion school.
B. Solid empirical evidence relating to benefits vs negative outcomes. Particularly in regards to gifted kids.
C. Lastly, but still okay, a good logical argument for or against this path for a probable gifted child.

Background: No, I have not had my 3 year old tested yet, but I would be surprised if her language subtests were not very high. Also there is a German immersion school locally, and I speak German at an okay level to hold a conversation. There are also many Spanish immersion schools locally, which would be kind of nice due to the high level of Spanish speaking individuals in the area, but then my Spanish is not all that good, but I could learn.

Also, prior to dd being born, I heard a group of kids all speaking very good German at a restaurant without a German accent, but an obviously American accent, I now am fairly sure that they were from that school, and it seemed so neat to me.

I do realize that more information is required in order to make a judgment for or against a school. I would, however, like to limit the focus of this tread to the language immersion aspect of the school, unless somebody has strong evidence or believes that as a rule those schools are inherently bad in some other way.

I am going to launch 2 topics my other topic is on micro schools that cater to gifted. I would put them together, but I do not want one to hijack the other, but if anyone has insight that is related to both topics that might be interesting.