the DC International Public Charter School (DCI)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Do the board minutes at LAMB, YY, or Mundo make mention of DCI?

I wasn't aware that Mundo was a part of the equation. Is it?

Yes it is.

Glad to hear it. If either the Hebrew or Arabic immersion schools get approved, they would be great additions too, IMHO.

[Anonymous]

The school needs to open in 2 years, so it is highly unlikely those new schools would be part of the process. Since it's hard to visualize how the charters for this will work I wouldn't have any idea if other schools could sign on later.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the 12:40 poster, it would be awesome.

[Anonymous]

I don't get why Stokes would announce this to their parents in the first place, then people on this forum are saying they aren't interested? This doesn't make sense.

[Anonymous]

The more charters that want to sign on, the less likely the charter will be amended. Sooner or later, people will catch on that the privileged charter families are creating their own separate school system on the taxpayers' dime and there will be a backlash.

[Anonymous]

I think this makes a lot of sense (and we are in a charter that's not part of this group) because people need FEEDER systems. Having to go back to the lottery will lead people to leave the District.

[Anonymous]

Similar to Oyster, wouldn't you have to have a written/oral test in the immersion language to qualify for entry? You can't just have English-only kids plopped into a middle school with immersion tracks. So very few kids would qualify outside of Stokes, Oyster and LAMB, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Similar to Oyster, wouldn't you have to have a written/oral test in the immersion language to qualify for entry? You can't just have English-only kids plopped into a middle school with immersion tracks. So very few kids would qualify outside of Stokes, Oyster and LAMB, etc.

illegal in the charter world. charters can NOT have entrance exams. Only DCPS can. So you see test in to upper grades for immersion in DCPS, test in to selective high schools in DCPS, and NOT in charter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Similar to Oyster, wouldn't you have to have a written/oral test in the immersion language to qualify for entry? You can't just have English-only kids plopped into a middle school with immersion tracks. So very few kids would qualify outside of Stokes, Oyster and LAMB, etc.

As I understand it (my child is at one of the schools) the middle or high school will not be immersion, but an IB program with middle to advance language offerings. This would not exclude kids that are not fluent and have some basic knowledge of a language through elementary school. This would be unique to DC because there is no public school that focuses on IB and language.

[Anonymous]

There was a meeting last week--what was the outcome?

[Anonymous]

SELA will be in DCI. For sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SELA will be in DCI. For sure.

No, I never even heard of that school. Sorry!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SELA will be in DCI. For sure.

Quit making sh*t up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Do you have any evidence that the Stokes Board is considering the DCI middle school issue? I have looked at the Board minutes and see no evidence that it has ever even been discussed. If you think the

Please post these board minutes that you speak of. I've never seen Stokes Board minutes and I did search for them. Not saying that don't exist, but I can't find them, so I'd love to see them. Please post a link.

I'm not the PP, but I found this on DCUM:

excerpted from this weeks Stokes Banner (Issue XV)

"If approved, the DCI wold open in school year 2014-15 with 200 students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade classes and would eventually grow to its capacity of approximately 1,000 students in the 6th through 12th grades.

"This combined middle-high school would allow students to continue to pursue a rigorous academic program while building on the language and cultural immersion experiences from their primary schools [Stokes, LAMB, Mundo Verde and Yu Ying]...at DCI, students would have the opportunity to...earn the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme Certificate, followed by the globally-recognized prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma and/or International Baccalaureate Career-Related Certificate.

" '...(Stokes School Founder and Executive Director, Linda Moore)...cautions, however, that the board of trustees has not yet committed to middle school expansion and significant legal and financial challenges' confront the four schools that are exploring the development of DCI."

This may be an ignorant question so bear with me...why do you think Stokes, LAMB, Mundo Verde and YY students should get guaranteed admission into DCI? I understand they would come from schools where foreign language is taught seriously, and in some cases, via immersion, but these languages are (as far as I know) not the ones that DCI will offer - Hebrew and Arabic - correct? I would understand guaranteed admission for a kid who went into Arabic immersion elementary, but why from a Spanish-immersion elementary?

[Anonymous]

It is in Yu Ying charter amendment resquest. You can read it for yourself..That is where I got the informaion from.