Oyster Adams featured on CNN’s United Shades of America

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is negative, but I feel like (1) Oyster's too fancy now to be representative of much of DC's Hispanic community; and (2) while certainly there are a lot of Salvadorans, saying DC isn't DC without Salvadorans leaves out a pretty decent number of other Hispanics, particularly other Central Americans.

Not to be too nitpicky or anything.

Latinos, especially poor Latinos, are treated at oyster like they should be SO GRATEFUL to be there.

So I agree with you PP.

- Latinx person who wasn’t grateful enough apparently

I'm not Latinx by heritage, but as an Oyster family we have friends who have more money and less than money than what we have. Our friends - and the community- bridges across both socioeconomic and racial divides. Just on the way back from Fiesta on Saturday I bid farewell to some upper middle class Latinx families, then stopped on the sidewalk to catch-up with another Latinx family to discuss their recent first communion, celebrated the same day. Whereas they might not have as much economic might as other families, nonetheless they are fully integrated- volunteer for field trips, activities and are always kind to both me and DC.

Maybe its just me, and I'm clueless enough to not think that I should be SO GRATEFUL to have DC attending.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is negative, but I feel like (1) Oyster's too fancy now to be representative of much of DC's Hispanic community; and (2) while certainly there are a lot of Salvadorans, saying DC isn't DC without Salvadorans leaves out a pretty decent number of other Hispanics, particularly other Central Americans.

Not to be too nitpicky or anything.

Yeah I kind of think he should've picked DC Bilingual.

Well, he didn’t...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is negative, but I feel like (1) Oyster's too fancy now to be representative of much of DC's Hispanic community; and (2) while certainly there are a lot of Salvadorans, saying DC isn't DC without Salvadorans leaves out a pretty decent number of other Hispanics, particularly other Central Americans.

Not to be too nitpicky or anything.

Latinos, especially poor Latinos, are treated at oyster like they should be SO GRATEFUL to be there.

So I agree with you PP.

- Latinx person who wasn’t grateful enough apparently

I'm not Latinx by heritage, but as an Oyster family we have friends who have more money and less than money than what we have. Our friends - and the community- bridges across both socioeconomic and racial divides. Just on the way back from Fiesta on Saturday I bid farewell to some upper middle class Latinx families, then stopped on the sidewalk to catch-up with another Latinx family to discuss their recent first communion, celebrated the same day. Whereas they might not have as much economic might as other families, nonetheless they are fully integrated- volunteer for field trips, activities and are always kind to both me and DC.

Maybe its just me, and I'm clueless enough to not think that I should be SO GRATEFUL to have DC attending.

So you overheard two families talking on the sidewalk and that proves what exactly?

Are you inbound? This is mostly for OOB Latinx families.

[Anonymous]

It's interesting to me that most ELL do not attend bilingual charters, or even bilingual schools in DC. I just tried to find the percentages or numbers of ELL by school; if anyone can please post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting to me that most ELL do not attend bilingual charters, or even bilingual schools in DC. I just tried to find the percentages or numbers of ELL by school; if anyone can please post.

You might want to check the numbers before you reach the conclusion. Most of the bilingual charters and DCPS are located in areas where they serve large percentages of bilingual students in Wards 1 and 4. The most underserved school I believe in terms of no bilingual program for ELLs is Brightwood, I believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is negative, but I feel like (1) Oyster's too fancy now to be representative of much of DC's Hispanic community; and (2) while certainly there are a lot of Salvadorans, saying DC isn't DC without Salvadorans leaves out a pretty decent number of other Hispanics, particularly other Central Americans.

Not to be too nitpicky or anything.

Latinos, especially poor Latinos, are treated at oyster like they should be SO GRATEFUL to be there.

So I agree with you PP.

- Latinx person who wasn’t grateful enough apparently

I'm not Latinx by heritage, but as an Oyster family we have friends who have more money and less than money than what we have. Our friends - and the community- bridges across both socioeconomic and racial divides. Just on the way back from Fiesta on Saturday I bid farewell to some upper middle class Latinx families, then stopped on the sidewalk to catch-up with another Latinx family to discuss their recent first communion, celebrated the same day. Whereas they might not have as much economic might as other families, nonetheless they are fully integrated- volunteer for field trips, activities and are always kind to both me and DC.

Maybe its just me, and I'm clueless enough to not think that I should be SO GRATEFUL to have DC attending.

So you overheard two families talking on the sidewalk and that proves what exactly?

Are you inbound? This is mostly for OOB Latinx families.

No, actually we participated in both conversations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is negative, but I feel like (1) Oyster's too fancy now to be representative of much of DC's Hispanic community; and (2) while certainly there are a lot of Salvadorans, saying DC isn't DC without Salvadorans leaves out a pretty decent number of other Hispanics, particularly other Central Americans.

Not to be too nitpicky or anything.

Latinos, especially poor Latinos, are treated at oyster like they should be SO GRATEFUL to be there.

So I agree with you PP.

- Latinx person who wasn’t grateful enough apparently

I'm not Latinx by heritage, but as an Oyster family we have friends who have more money and less than money than what we have. Our friends - and the community- bridges across both socioeconomic and racial divides. Just on the way back from Fiesta on Saturday I bid farewell to some upper middle class Latinx families, then stopped on the sidewalk to catch-up with another Latinx family to discuss their recent first communion, celebrated the same day. Whereas they might not have as much economic might as other families, nonetheless they are fully integrated- volunteer for field trips, activities and are always kind to both me and DC.

Maybe its just me, and I'm clueless enough to not think that I should be SO GRATEFUL to have DC attending.

So you overheard two families talking on the sidewalk and that proves what exactly?

Are you inbound? This is mostly for OOB Latinx families.

No, actually we participated in both conversations.

Cool story I guess?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting to me that most ELL do not attend bilingual charters, or even bilingual schools in DC. I just tried to find the percentages or numbers of ELL by school; if anyone can please post.

You might want to check the numbers before you reach the conclusion. Most of the bilingual charters and DCPS are located in areas where they serve large percentages of bilingual students in Wards 1 and 4. The most underserved school I believe in terms of no bilingual program for ELLs is Brightwood, I believe.

Look at the annual audit data spreadsheets https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/page_content/attachments/2018-19%20School%20Year%20Annual%20Enrollment%20Audit%20Report%20Supplemental%20Tables.xlsx

You want to look at the tab labeled UPSFF by School. There is a column for ELs. The caveat is that if a school has <10, a specific number won't be given.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting to me that most ELL do not attend bilingual charters, or even bilingual schools in DC. I just tried to find the percentages or numbers of ELL by school; if anyone can please post.

You might want to check the numbers before you reach the conclusion. Most of the bilingual charters and DCPS are located in areas where they serve large percentages of bilingual students in Wards 1 and 4. The most underserved school I believe in terms of no bilingual program for ELLs is Brightwood, I believe.

Look at the annual audit data spreadsheets https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/page_content/attachments/2018-19%20School%20Year%20Annual%20Enrollment%20Audit%20Report%20Supplemental%20Tables.xlsx

You want to look at the tab labeled UPSFF by School. There is a column for ELs. The caveat is that if a school has <10, a specific number won't be given.

But - keep in mind that every EL is not a Spanish speaker. That's the largest percentage but there are many other languages captured in that category.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's interesting to me that most ELL do not attend bilingual charters, or even bilingual schools in DC. I just tried to find the percentages or numbers of ELL by school; if anyone can please post.

You might want to check the numbers before you reach the conclusion. Most of the bilingual charters and DCPS are located in areas where they serve large percentages of bilingual students in Wards 1 and 4. The most underserved school I believe in terms of no bilingual program for ELLs is Brightwood, I believe.

Look at the annual audit data spreadsheets https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/page_content/attachments/2018-19%20School%20Year%20Annual%20Enrollment%20Audit%20Report%20Supplemental%20Tables.xlsx

You want to look at the tab labeled UPSFF by School. There is a column for ELs. The caveat is that if a school has <10, a specific number won't be given.

Thanks! Not finding column for EL though, am I missing something?