Yu Ying Lottery on Apr 7, anyone attend?

[Anonymous]

Down side of charters is that they are inherently not a "neighborhood" school -- but one neighborhood's loss is another's gain. I'm thrilled that cap city might move to my neighborhood -- I assume that a lot of families will drop out due to the commute and open a space for my child. That's life.

And my current charter moved five times -- we followed it for each move.

[Anonymous]

I think that PP was stating that the gain is only to Ward 4 residents and why should they keep reaping all the gains at the loss to seven other ward residents. yes, everyone knows that charters are not neighborhood schools, but gee wheeze can they not place good charters strategically around the city. BTW--what charter school moved five different times. That must have been a bit nightmarish.

[Anonymous]

Because Fenty gave Hine Jr High to developers, and is probably going to give Franklin School to developers

[Anonymous]

I am one of the Yu Ying parents who is really not feeling the thought of the old Franklin Elementary. However, Yu Ying Charter mandate requires them to be a downtown school as close to Chinatown as possible. Therefore, I don't know if there will be another opportunity for a downtown location. So, we will just bite the traffic bullet and follow to Franklin if that is the location. We will hold up traffic during the drop offs.

[Anonymous]

I am a Yu Ying parent and the fact that the charter stated that the school would locate in Wards 1, 2 or 6 was appealing to me. We will stay with the school even if it moves to Walter Reed, but if it locates at Franklin, I am looking forward to commuting downtown with my children via public transportation. The school strives to be a "green school" and one of the ways I believe in teaching that to my kids is using public transportation whenever possible. I also think that locating in a central part of the city with plentiful public transportation options benefits the most number of families who can come from all wards in the city.

[Anonymous]

I use to love, love, love taking the metro. However, until MD and VA pony up their share of the funds so that Metro can fix their infrastructure, I am staying off the rails.

[Anonymous]

wow- what a nightmare. who would willingly want to commute on public transportation in morning rush hour with kids? what if you have little ones and a stroller? I guess they only want people who work downtown to go to the school. it seems like they really work hard to attract a certain type of family. that kind of makes the diversity tank a whole lot, and that is tragic.

[Anonymous]

Yu Ying would use Franklin School as the upper elementary / middle school location, and seek a "greener" location (meaning more green playground space) for preK and lower elementary grades.

I have many friends with kids who commute alone (or in pairs) by metro starting in grade 5/6.

[Anonymous]

Does Yu Ying want actual Chinese-speakers, like the ones who go to Thomson (just across the street from Franklin School) or even worse children who speak, gasp Spanish as their first language? They go to Thomson too. And they live in the neighborhood.

Newsflash, children live downtown. They speak a variety of languages and come from a wide swath of socio-econmic backgrounds as well.

Yu Ying parents, can you chime in here? If the school moves to the Franklin location, will you welcome with open arms, the children of the neighborhood? I'm sorry to tell you that about 75% of them are poor though.

Of course these children won't be bothering you on the bus or the metro. They walk to school or ride bikes. (BTW they don't wear helmets and ride on the handlebars of their parents bikes. Does that disqualify them?) The parents of these children do work downtown. They clean offices, wait tables and deliver your Chinese food. I wonder if they will feel welcome at Yu Ying? By the way, they don't post on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

It doesn't matter whether they're welcome. Only a handful of children without already-enrolled siblings are admitted each year.

[Anonymous]

They are trying to locate right next to Thomson which also has a IB program and Chinese?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does Yu Ying want actual Chinese-speakers, like the ones who go to Thomson (just across the street from Franklin School) or even worse children who speak, gasp Spanish as their first language? They go to Thomson too. And they live in the neighborhood.

Newsflash, children live downtown. They speak a variety of languages and come from a wide swath of socio-econmic backgrounds as well.

Yu Ying parents, can you chime in here? If the school moves to the Franklin location, will you welcome with open arms, the children of the neighborhood? I'm sorry to tell you that about 75% of them are poor though.

Of course these children won't be bothering you on the bus or the metro. They walk to school or ride bikes. (BTW they don't wear helmets and ride on the handlebars of their parents bikes. Does that disqualify them?) The parents of these children do work downtown. They clean offices, wait tables and deliver your Chinese food. I wonder if they will feel welcome at Yu Ying? By the way, they don't post on DCUM.

I am going to assume that you have never been to Yu Ying. Yu Ying students come from every ward in the city. There are kids from affluent families. There are kids from poor families. It is a public school. Kids are welcome no matter where they come from. For several of the kids at Yu Ying Mandarin is a 3rd or 4th language.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does Yu Ying want actual Chinese-speakers, like the ones who go to Thomson (just across the street from Franklin School) or even worse children who speak, gasp Spanish as their first language? They go to Thomson too. And they live in the neighborhood.

Newsflash, children live downtown. They speak a variety of languages and come from a wide swath of socio-econmic backgrounds as well.

Yu Ying parents, can you chime in here? If the school moves to the Franklin location, will you welcome with open arms, the children of the neighborhood? I'm sorry to tell you that about 75% of them are poor though.

Of course these children won't be bothering you on the bus or the metro. They walk to school or ride bikes. (BTW they don't wear helmets and ride on the handlebars of their parents bikes. Does that disqualify them?) The parents of these children do work downtown. They clean offices, wait tables and deliver your Chinese food. I wonder if they will feel welcome at Yu Ying? By the way, they don't post on DCUM.

What are you talking about and what exactly are you implying.

First, Yu Ying has students who has Chinese as their first language attending the school.
Second, Yu Ying has studnets who speak Spanish and French as their first langauge attending the school.
Third, Yu Ying has students from attending the school who reside in all eight wards.
Fourth, one must apply through the lottery before one is accpeted as a student at Yu Ying. Newflash, charter schools are not neighborhood schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does Yu Ying want actual Chinese-speakers, like the ones who go to Thomson (just across the street from Franklin School) or even worse children who speak, gasp Spanish as their first language? They go to Thomson too. And they live in the neighborhood.

Newsflash, children live downtown. They speak a variety of languages and come from a wide swath of socio-econmic backgrounds as well.

Yu Ying parents, can you chime in here? If the school moves to the Franklin location, will you welcome with open arms, the children of the neighborhood? I'm sorry to tell you that about 75% of them are poor though.

Of course these children won't be bothering you on the bus or the metro. They walk to school or ride bikes. (BTW they don't wear helmets and ride on the handlebars of their parents bikes. Does that disqualify them?) The parents of these children do work downtown. They clean offices, wait tables and deliver your Chinese food. I wonder if they will feel welcome at Yu Ying? By the way, they don't post on DCUM.

What are you talking about and what exactly are you implying.

First, Yu Ying has students who has Chinese as their first language attending the school.
Second, Yu Ying has studnets who speak Spanish and French as their first langauge attending the school.
Third, Yu Ying has students from attending the school who reside in all eight wards.
Fourth, one must apply through the lottery before one is accpeted as a student at Yu Ying. Newflash, charter schools are not neighborhood schools.

How many native Chinese speakers are enrolled now? In September, a YY parent said on this board, that there was one in K and one in PK, maybe a few others. Has this changed???

[Anonymous]

What are you talking about and what exactly are you implying.

First, Yu Ying has students who has Chinese as their first language attending the school.
Second, Yu Ying has studnets who speak Spanish and French as their first langauge attending the school.
Third, Yu Ying has students from attending the school who reside in all eight wards.
Fourth, one must apply through the lottery before one is accpeted as a student at Yu Ying. Newflash, charter schools are not neighborhood schools.


How many native Chinese speakers are enrolled now? In September, a YY parent said on this board, that there was one in K and one in PK, maybe a few others. Has this changed???

Between the Cricket and Panda classes (PK), I know of four. Are there more? I don't know, but I do know of four. Yu Ying does not provide a native language preference during the lottery. Therefore, they must compete along with everyone else. Also native might not be the appropriate terminology as their native language would be English as they are all American and English is the unofficial language of the U.S.A. However, Mandarin is spoken, along with English, in the homes of these children. One may glean this information from actually attending PTA meetings and speaking with the parents, or observing and listening to the parents communicate with their children in the hallways, etc.