DC Bilingual - Feedback?

[Anonymous]

Would anyone be willing to share reasons you turned down (or would turn down) a spot at DC Bilingual?

I know this probably sounds petty, but I'm a little concerned that my son, who has no previous exposure to Spanish, will have a hard time in an environment with so many native Spanish speakers. Or maybe this is me projecting, and the language barrier is easier on kids than I think.

[Anonymous]

Tenemos el numero 39 para la lista de espera. Alguien sabe el ano pasado hasta donde abajo de lista se fueron?

Gracia a todo~

[Anonymous]

Para que ano? PK3?

[Anonymous]

Si-PK3. Cree Ud. Que habra espacio este ano?

[Anonymous]

Deficil decir. 39 normalmente seria un buen numero, pero parece que DC Bilingual es una escuela con poco movimiento. Se no me equivoco, solo tienen 2 clases de 20 para PS3, o 40 espacios.

[Anonymous]

Hope they update the online waitlist soon!

[Anonymous]

I'm # 28 on the waitlist. I am interested in knowing more about the classroom environment. Is it fun? Do kids get to do things they are interested in? What is the curriculum like? Is there a focus on discipline? My son is bilingual, so I'm not as concerned about that aspect.

[Anonymous]

I found the principal to be cold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Justbrememberbfolks, There is purposeful effort to create apparent demand across DCPS by allowing holding of six slots for each kid. Not to mention unlimited slots for charters. It's marketing genius ...forbthe unwary.

I don't understand this. You can't hold six slots in DCPS, you can apply to a max of six schools - big difference. You can no longer hold unlimited charter slots either, what you can do, is apply to an unlimited number of schools.

Marketing genius for the uninformed would perhaps make more sense, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just go to a white school and leave everybody alone

I understand this frustration, but it was mean-spirited. There's a sense in the Latin community that once white people show interest in something (an area, school, etc...), they quickly move in and take over. They don't complement the environment, they devour it. The more white people show interest in DC Bilingual, there is the fear that "white needs" will be demanded in place of the Latin way of doing things. All of the focus on a white oriented curriculum is one of the concerns. We've been doing things are way for a long time without any input from whites. But, all of a sudden they want our school and want to have a white oriented curriculum as well. These same whites wouldn't blink an eye is the school was crumbling at its foundation, except when they decide they want to attend. PP- I encourage you to attend the school and view how things are done. This is one of the few "authentic" immersion schools in DC. We're okay with families that want to complement our way, but not if it's truly about making the school white with tinges of "acceptable" brown.

Previous poster, can you please explain what a "white oriented curriculum" is? My understanding is that the mission of DC Bilingual is to provide a quality education to children in English AND SPANISH. Period. Did you stop to think that perhaps "white" people taking an interest in DC Bilingual (and other bilingual schools for that matter) isn't an attempt to "devour" or take over anything, but rather because the want their children to learn your language and culture? It is unfair to accuse white people of not caring if a school is "crumbling" unless thier child attends that school. Are whites expected to support every single charter school in the system, regardless of where their kids attend? When was the last time that YOU supported a school in Southeast, or that your family has no relation to? I'm sorry, but it seems to me that YOU may be the one who has a problem with skin color, not the whites that want to send their children to DC Bilingual.

+1. And given the test scores, one wonders how great "our way" really is for the students.

[Anonymous]

Bump.

[Anonymous]

Well, DC Bilingual is now in the DCI officially, so prepare to see more "white interest" in the school.

[Anonymous]

I didn't know that "Core Knowledge" is a "white curriculum" until now. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Justbrememberbfolks, There is purposeful effort to create apparent demand across DCPS by allowing holding of six slots for each kid. Not to mention unlimited slots for charters. It's marketing genius ...forbthe unwary.

I don't understand this. You can't hold six slots in DCPS, you can apply to a max of six schools - big difference. You can no longer hold unlimited charter slots either, what you can do, is apply to an unlimited number of schools.

Marketing genius for the uninformed would perhaps make more sense, PP.

Actually, that not true. You can apply to unlimited charters - Yes, and only 6 DCPS - Yes. BUT if you get accepted to all the charter schools you apply to you can enroll your child in each school and hold all those spots until "count day".

Same for DCPS. If you get accepted into your 6th choice in the original pull and then get pulled off the waitlist for the other 5 schools you can enroll in each one and again hold all the spots until "count day". this is intriguing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, DC Bilingual is now in the DCI officially, so prepare to see more "white interest" in the school.

Is this true anyone?