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karpo3
Joined 2014
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Sending kids to local schools?

10 years ago

During our 6-month sabbatical, I'd like to send my 10 and 12 year old to local school to work on their Spanish. Frankly, I don't care if they learn anything else (they're bright kids and we can homeschool them on the few things they need to really learn during their six months"off"). Has anyone done this in DR? Any idea what the rules are for visiting US citizens? Can we send them to local public schools? Anything we should do before we arrive, or can we manage all this once we arrive? (FYI, we're all beginners/intermediate in Spanish -- I'm brilliant at charades :) but am worried about the level of bureaucratic Spanish getting in my way...). And we're not sure where we'll be living yet so just need general info.

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