Why no French immersion charter?

[Anonymous]

^^ touché!... After all that name bashing for HV. Anyways, my fingers are crossed for a French immersion school and I'm really interested in a DPR group, but I hope this new group can avoid the misshaps of its predecessor. Stay away from the race-SES debate until you've first met face to face and determined everyone's motivations/interest. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't listen to the negativity. By far the majority of francophones worldwide are not French citizens so there should really be no issue with perceived snobbishness here. The African and Haitian families in DC as well as everyone else looking for immersion in a useful language would have reason to rejoice about a quality option to compete with the private school options and give a shot to any non rich family in DC ( or even the rich ones who want to venture out of la-la land).

To the degree that popular private schools like WIS offer a French program is a sign of "what's popular", plus all the French-speaking countries represented in the DC area, there has GOT to be a lot of interest in a French school. Since organizing one on DCUM hasn't been successful, maybe anyone with a serious interest in starting such a school should contact some of the founders of open DC charters and get advice on getting one going, or who to partner with to try it? The few French bilingual public schools I've heard of in other parts of the US (including NYC) are always getting more applications than they have spots.

There is a surge of French immersion schools in Brooklyn and Manhattan. One is in the early stages for Queens as well. Strong support from the French government as well as growing interest in French as an important world language.