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A family at our church adopted 5 siblings (in addition to their own 4!) from Russia and are homeschooling....I was planning to homeschool anyway, but she brought up a point that I had not really thought of. Her adopted kids were 8 yrs - 16 yrs when they came home - she asked a great question - "What would a school do with them? They don't speak English and are behind anyway from being in the orphanage for so long..." The answer - ESL and DSL. In our area, those programs spell disaster. (Other areas may not have this problem).
I had never really stopped and thought about the kids not remaining in a typical classroom setting. (Probably because we were planning to homeschool anyway). It would be a great question to put to your local/private school and then weigh the answer.
Just food for thought!
PS - The kids have been in their forever family for a little over 2 years and are doing fantastic! The younger ones do not really even have an accent when they speak English. Great social skills, confident kids - AMAZING GRACE!
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