Thank you to this. Due to some circumstances we find ourselves in, moving to Moco for High School is no longer an option we are likely to take. I was wondering if this was creating a catastrophic loss in learning potential for my son, and it sounds like the difference is not quite so stark between "good" DC schools and "good" MoCo schools. |
The argument about number of languages taught is a joke. Unless kids are coming out fluent, or very nearly so, languages outside of the immersion schools aren't strong at all. |
I posted this on the High School Results thread as well, but based on the data from Tableau, I think Sojourner Truth will go through its wait list this year. It looks like they let no one in on lottery day for 9th grade, but I really do think that many current 8th graders will move schools, so, if you were shut out at 9th, I think you've got a very good shot to make it in still. |
Above is a myopic DC argument. NoVa schools teach more languages than DCPS to serve local immigrant populations. My kids in NoVa schools have immigrant classmates who speak languages at home other than Spanish, like Arabic, Hindi, Vietnamese, Farsi, Russian, Korean. A number of Fairfax high schools teach half a dozen Asian languages as well as Arabic and Russian. Some schools teach all six AP languages, Spanish, Mandarin, Latin, Italian, German and French, often past the AP Level (IB Diploma Higher Level language). |
Can you provide a link to the NoVa school teaching six Asian languages? |
Not the poster you're responding to but we're East Asian immigrants looking at leaving DC for Oakton this summer, between 8th and 9th grades for our eldest. I work in Vienna a few days a week. Oakton teaches Mandarin and Japanese and Hindi, Korean, Tagalog and Vietnamese on demand. Why do you care? |
I just googled it and it looks like Oakton does not in fact teach all of those languages on campus. |
If a school teaches Vietnamese or Tagalog to immigrant native speakers whose first language at home was Vietnamese or Tagalog, are they really “teaching” those languages?
I’d be most interested in how many native English speaking European American kids born at Inova sign up for Tagalog. Anyone have numbers? |
Zero. |
Oakton teaches Spanish, French, Latin, Chinese, and Japanese. |
They certainly do, call their World Language dept. if you want specific info. We have a printout with their language offerings for the fall. |
are they teaching all those classes on campus or is it remote? or kids go to a different campus? |
Question- if one parent lives in DC and the other in MD, can one child go to a DC school and the other attend in MD? We are thinking of having our high schooler attend a MD school and our younger child continue at a school in DC. I’m fuzzy on how this works. Want to be sure we do what’s legally right. We have split custody. |
For DC, the focus is mainly on establishing that it's the parent's residence, not the kid's: https://osse.dc.gov/page/office-enrollment-residency-supporting-families-students They can do a home visit to make sure that your kid is actually living there (like, that they have a bed and clothes and such). But obviously they would have that, since your kid is living there part of the time. I don't know about MD. But if the kids are truly splitting their time equally -- like, every-other-week -- MD would not be able to say they didn't want to educate them. |
Ok. Thank you! If we decide to do this- should we say anything to DC and/or MD that the siblings are split? Silly question, Are home visits random or should we request one? |