Yu Yang--is the student body predominately African American, does Yu Yang have a non-Chinese track..

[Anonymous]

I heard this and wanted to know if this was true.

[Anonymous]

I believe it is Yu Ying. It is a Chinese immersion charter.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your response--I just heard a rumor that they have a non Chinese track dedicated to African American students and wanted some clarification.

[Anonymous]

Yu Ying has a minimal Chinese track which, based on the children in the class, is 100% African-American.

[Anonymous]

There are many African American children at Yu Ying. There are also many children of Chinese and European descent. There are also a lot of children of parents of more than one race -- every combination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are many African American children at Yu Ying. There are also many children of Chinese and European descent. There are also a lot of children of parents of more than one race -- every combination.

This. We have a mixed race prek student at YY and the diversity there is amazing. Every possible combo, race, family, etc. you can imagine and then some. We love it and so does our child. The program is better than expected: our child can count, name body parts, knows shapes, colors, days of week, etc in mandarin plus he always enjoys school and likes his teachers and classmates. Very happy with the school.

[Anonymous]

The school has a plurality of African Americans (not sure if it is a majority). There is not a non Chinese track dedicated to them. There is a non immersion model for older grades that is for students struggling with Chinese and English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yu Ying has a minimal Chinese track which, based on the children in the class, is 100% African-American.

So if I understanding this correctly, the student body is culturally diverse (majority African American) and there is a tracking system in which there is a minimal Chinese immersion which is composed of all African American students. And, can anyone tell me how the school day differs between full immersion and minimal immersion?

Also, are parents able to choose the track or are students placed in the tracks by the school?

[Anonymous]

I don't know that it's a tracking system that's expected to continue years from now. The backstory is that some number of kids in the oldest class (4th graders now? I can't keep track) were really struggling under the dual immersion program--falling behind in basic English/math skills as well as struggling in Chinese. During the second half of last year, the school, with the full cooperation of the parents of these struggling kids, determined that they weren't being served adequately by the current dual immersion model. So this year, this group of kids is learning Chinese in structured classes several hours a week (as opposed to being immersed 50% of the time) and receiving much more intense instruction in English.

I'd hope that as the school continues, the administration can figure out how to work with all kids mote intensely in earlier grades, so all kids in the school can get strong instructions in the basics and a switch away from dual immersion won't be necessary for any child.

[Anonymous]

Not sure it's majority AA for the current jumbo prek class. It does not look like it looking into the individual classrooms but I could be wrong.

[Anonymous]

Yu ying is now a mostly white and asian school. Was majority african american, but no longer the case with lower grades. Yu Ying "tracks" underachieving students into non-immersion track to "catch up" for the standardized tests.

All kids in the "catch-up" track are African American. They have essentially figured out a way to track the underperforming black kids away from the white and Asian middle class kids.

[Anonymous]

It was not with the full cooperation of the parents. They were lots of angst, arguing and dissension as evidenced in the school meetings and PTA meetings. I know of at least one parent pulled her child and the child is now attending private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yu ying is now a mostly white and asian school. Was majority african american, but no longer the case with lower grades. Yu Ying "tracks" underachieving students into non-immersion track to "catch up" for the standardized tests.

All kids in the "catch-up" track are African American. They have essentially figured out a way to track the underperforming black kids away from the white and Asian middle class kids.

There is something terribly wrong with this. They found a way to track the black kids away from the white and Asian kids. If immersion is pRt of the charter, how can Yu Ying not provide immersion to these children. I smell a rat, but it's hidden behind the walls.

[Anonymous]

OP must be a troll--surely no one who's interested in the school has not figured out its name. But if she/he is not, plese search the archives because there are multiple threads that address these questions.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, "please".