Truth wrote on Apr 28, 2008 7:06 AM:This is great news - they run a solid home-school based charter school. Good Luck.

its good wrote on Apr 28, 2008 9:01 AM:Charter schools are best !

Hate NCT wrote on Apr 28, 2008 12:05 PM:NCT slanted all the way......

From mom and dad who have gone almost full circle wrote on Apr 28, 2008 2:11 PM:Great if you homeschool in a charter school or send your child to a traditional public school. In the end , the way I see it is: is your child in a better place today educationally than he or she was say a year ago? Is he or she ready to face the challenges of today and the future? Let's keep in mind that each child learns at their own pace and the more power to you when you provide them with the proper motivation and environment that fits their learning style.I am sorry this article depicted a narrow-minded individual whose children go to a charter school because she is worried that they will be held back by teachers who are in her opinion worried more about teaching English to those whose native tongue is other than English. Let's keep in mind not every charter school caters to English speaking children only, in fact it is also illegal. If the parent and child have the ability to make it in homeschooling great, if not many other options have existed for longer than that such as private school, public magnet school, public independent study schools,and on-line schools to name a few. Talk about sufficient child/child interaction? School is not the only place where children interact. Look around, your local Parks and Community Recreation office offers many opportunities for the same, sports leagues, after-school arts/sports/academic classes, Boys and Girls Clubs, and Boys and Girl Scouts to name a few.

Vista Mom wrote on Apr 28, 2008 5:30 PM:"I am sorry this article depicted a narrow-minded individual whose children go to a charter school because she is worried that they will be held back by teachers who are in her opinion worried more about teaching English to those whose native tongue is other than English"

But its absolutely true for many of the elementary schools in Vista. How do I know this? Some TEACHERS told me so..

They have non-english speaking children up to 3 yrs older than their classmates that are 3 yrs behind the others in skills because they "just came over". Yes, it disrupts the class and takes away from the other children's educations - no matter what nationality they are.

Vista Teacher wrote on Apr 28, 2008 8:24 PM:Immersion works. But, still certain powers that be fight the method. Why, because it does not employ as many teachers: Just a few to handle the initial immersion classes and some for the ESL classes. My neighbor recently adopted two little girls from China. Both spoke not a word or English. Both were age 5 when they arrived in the US. Both are now age 7 and are at the top of their class in 2nd grade, speaking English as well if not better than most of their peers. Why? Because they have been immersed in English going on 3 years. Friends of ours have three children who are considered bi-lingual: German and English. At home they speak German, in school and all social functions they speak English. They were born and raised here in San Diego. But, mom and Dad are College Profs who wanted their children to be bi-lingual. So, German only at home, even when helping them with homework. Absolutely NO English at home. In fact, the first real exposure to English was when they started Kindergarten. Do these children suffer because of their lack of English prior to age 5? No, they too are at the top of their class. So, let us stop pandering to those who continue to demand special treatment for children whose parents speak some language other than English. If the parents really care about their children’s future and education, they will demand they learn the local language: English. Yes, it is parenting that makes the difference, and teachers can only do so much. But, failing to teach these children English is sealing their future to be forced to do the jobs Americans won’t do!

By the way, we can use another good charter school, as VUSD really can't afford to keep all the teachers they currently have, and yet VTA continues to claim our classrooms are overcrowded. This school will help support smaller class sizes by reducing the overcrowding.

Nothing but conflict of interests the North County Times way wrote on Apr 29, 2008 7:27 AM:It appears that the same bloger keeps getting plastered all over the NCT posts. While we get censured, oh God forbid we criticize a great North County Times favored churches charter school. Maybe NCT should stay out of the business of reporting and go to missionary school and stay there! In the meantime if you cannot stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!!! You too have conflict of interests North County Times.

Excuse me wrote on Apr 29, 2008 7:25 PM:Where is the conflict of interest? Also, that would be "Blogger," not "bloger", "Church's" as opposed to "churches," and either "a conflict of interest" or "conflicts of interest" not "conflict of interests." Time for some remedial English writing classes? Too bad a school such as this one was not available back when you were in school.