Yu Ying. What's better- one way or two way immersion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^ Which begs the question, "When will DC politicians and the DC public charter board allow charters to pick and choose their students?" Give preferences (other than siblings) and allow the flood gates for preferences to open that will essentially mainly benefit middle/upper middle class non-AAs.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Many schools pick and choose their students, but it comes at a cost to the parents. It's called PRIVATE.

[Anonymous]

^^ It's also called rigged lottery and secret outreach.

[Anonymous]

I'd love it if there was a school that focused on Cantonese in DC. Likewise, I'd like to see a language charter that teaches Traditional characters, rather than the simplified.

However, even in Hong Kong, students now receive some instruction in Mandarin. 30+ years ago, Cantonese would have been the obvious dialect to teach in an American school that focused on languages. Immigration patterns have changed a lot since then.

We obviously need more language-focused schools in Washington, perhaps even another Chinese-language school with a slightly different focus. But no one can reasonably deny that Yu Ying, as it is, is a fantastic resource in our community. May it prosper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^ It's also called rigged lottery and secret outreach.

Or waiting lists in the order of arrival of application.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^ This. The excuses with respect to DC providing common sense options for parents like back filling seats is really pathetic.

Other schools have valid concerns about YY "backfilling" seats.

No other charter school, other than St. Coletta's is allowed to test for skills before accepting students. Charter schools across the city welcome students in the upper grades who haven't learned basic reading or writing, don't speak a word of the language of instruction, and in some cases are working on skills such as toileting and basic communication.

If DC is going to pay the same amount per pupil to YY that it does to other schools, then YY has the same responsibility to educate students across the spectrum, not just kids who can pass an entrance exam.

[Anonymous]

Except LAMB, STOKES, DC BILINGUAL, and MUNDO VERDE don't welcome students in the upper grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Except LAMB, STOKES, DC BILINGUAL, and MUNDO VERDE don't welcome students in the upper grades.

I don't object to schools stopping enrollment at a given age. The objection is to schools that accept older students cherry picking the ones they take.

YY can continue to cut off their enrollment at second grade. However, if they want to be able to start accepting older kids, then they need to accept whoever comes to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Except LAMB, STOKES, DC BILINGUAL, and MUNDO VERDE don't welcome students in the upper grades.

I don't object to schools stopping enrollment at a given age. The objection is to schools that accept older students cherry picking the ones they take.

YY can continue to cut off their enrollment at second grade. However, if they want to be able to start accepting older kids, then they need to accept whoever comes to them.

BUT THIS WOULD KILL THEIR MODEL. Why can't we split the baby and allowing back-filling in language immersion schools for upper grades? Not just at YY, but at all immersion programs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Except LAMB, STOKES, DC BILINGUAL, and MUNDO VERDE don't welcome students in the upper grades.

I don't object to schools stopping enrollment at a given age. The objection is to schools that accept older students cherry picking the ones they take.

YY can continue to cut off their enrollment at second grade. However, if they want to be able to start accepting older kids, then they need to accept whoever comes to them.

ITA. Leave cherry picking students to private schools... As for parents who want preferences for their kid, they can pay tuition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Except LAMB, STOKES, DC BILINGUAL, and MUNDO VERDE don't welcome students in the upper grades.

Stokes does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Except LAMB, STOKES, DC BILINGUAL, and MUNDO VERDE don't welcome students in the upper grades.

I don't object to schools stopping enrollment at a given age. The objection is to schools that accept older students cherry picking the ones they take.

YY can continue to cut off their enrollment at second grade. However, if they want to be able to start accepting older kids, then they need to accept whoever comes to them.

ITA. Leave cherry picking students to private schools... As for parents who want preferences for their kid, they can pay tuition.

Your kid didnt get in, huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She is not listed as an administrator on either the public site or the portal. She is a "program coordinator" who happens to be listed after the REEF aftercare coordinator.

Do you think they should list "administrator" in parens or something like that? She's not faculty -- she doesn't teach. She's not support staff. The way I see it, that makes her an administrator, someone with responsibility for shaping the education at the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:YY will eventually find a way to the best practice of two way immersion just like it sorted out that pk and k should be full immersion. It takes time though to get the school community on board with programs that are so new, not to mention the work that must follow with the city government and the have/have not policy gardians.

K is not full immersion only preK is. When they add preK 3, THAT will be only in Mandarin so kids can get 2 full yrs of Mandarin before k.

Does anyone know when they hope to be adding the PK3 YO program?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Except LAMB, STOKES, DC BILINGUAL, and MUNDO VERDE don't welcome students in the upper grades.

I don't object to schools stopping enrollment at a given age. The objection is to schools that accept older students cherry picking the ones they take.

YY can continue to cut off their enrollment at second grade. However, if they want to be able to start accepting older kids, then they need to accept whoever comes to them.

ITA. Leave cherry picking students to private schools... As for parents who want preferences for their kid, they can pay tuition.

Your kid didnt get in, huh?

Got in both public and private. Choose public. Like the diversity and it's free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^ It's also called rigged lottery and secret outreach.

"It's complicated. There are relationships."