Rejected by Oyster for Pre-K4 Spanish dominant - what are our options?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid at Adams who was at another dpcs dual language school before. Not just for the dual language but I preferred the previous school.

Then your child should return to your old school. Problem solved.

Pretty sure they aged out of MV and didn’t want to go to DCI.

[Anonymous]

No, it was a dcps school. Trust me, we have thought about leaving and may do that next year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Glad some of you are so nitpicky about OA native Spanish skills, when no one seems to give a s**t that NONE of the immersion charter schools have any such avenue for language balance. If more people did care, it could change. Instead, all of those schools are slowly weakening in their language component.

This is because legally charters cannot.

But I would still take a charter over dcps mostly because dcps can and does remove special Ed children and furthermore, I don’t like the prison like discipline and outdated curriculum taught at oyster. Glad some like it but not for us.

Charters are also not bound by SES like neighborhood schools like OA. The overwhelming majority of native Spanish speaking families are lower middle class and don’t live in the OA boundaries. So I would argue they actually attract more native Spanish speaking families. I know in my DC’s class 25% of the families are native Spanish speaking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glad some of you are so nitpicky about OA native Spanish skills, when no one seems to give a s**t that NONE of the immersion charter schools have any such avenue for language balance. If more people did care, it could change. Instead, all of those schools are slowly weakening in their language component.

This is because legally charters cannot.

But I would still take a charter over dcps mostly because dcps can and does remove special Ed children and furthermore, I don’t like the prison like discipline and outdated curriculum taught at oyster. Glad some like it but not for us.

Charters are also not bound by SES like neighborhood schools like OA. The overwhelming majority of native Spanish speaking families are lower middle class and don’t live in the OA boundaries. So I would argue they actually attract more native Spanish speaking families. I know in my DC’s class 25% of the families are native Spanish speaking.

Also forgot to add another 25% of DC class has 1 parent who is native Spanish speaking or fluent in Spanish and speaks Spanish to the child at home so child understands Spanish but speaks English at home so would not consider native Spanish speaking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, it was a dcps school. Trust me, we have thought about leaving and may do that next year.

Please leave. Hopefully my kid can get the spot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, it was a dcps school. Trust me, we have thought about leaving and may do that next year.

Please leave. Hopefully my kid can get the spot.

Different poster- with your garbage attitude, you will fit right in with the other Oyster parents. Don’t forget to be rude and patronizing to the spanish dominant families you perceive as poor, while advocating that they be removed from the school behind their backs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, it was a dcps school. Trust me, we have thought about leaving and may do that next year.

Please leave. Hopefully my kid can get the spot.

Different poster- with your garbage attitude, you will fit right in with the other Oyster parents. Don’t forget to be rude and patronizing to the spanish dominant families you perceive as poor, while advocating that they be removed from the school behind their backs.

You sound super bitter. I suggest therapy to work through your insecurities and feelings of inferiority and inadequacy. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, it was a dcps school. Trust me, we have thought about leaving and may do that next year.

Win/ win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We moved IB for Oyster last year, applied as Spanish dominant (our son is actually Russian dominant, then Spanish, then English - in that order). After having been congratulated for winning a spot, got confronted with the Spanish test for our 3.5 year old (admittedly did not see that coming). During the testing did not hide the fact that Spanish is his second native (yes, when he wakes up from a nightmare, he screams in Russian) and were rejected. Oyster could care less, gave us "get the hell out of here, fraudsters" treatment. Still in shock.
The Google search for alternatives is very frustrating. Apparently, we have already missed all deadlines. Ideally, would like a bilingual school, ok with private, in NW DC but will consider all options. Many thanks for any leads.

Contact the Ombudsman’s Office for assistance. Today!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, it was a dcps school. Trust me, we have thought about leaving and may do that next year.

Please leave. Hopefully my kid can get the spot.

Different poster- with your garbage attitude, you will fit right in with the other Oyster parents. Don’t forget to be rude and patronizing to the spanish dominant families you perceive as poor, while advocating that they be removed from the school behind their backs.

You sound super bitter. I suggest therapy to work through your insecurities and feelings of inferiority and inadequacy. Good luck!

New poster. PP doesn’t sound bitter to me.

OA has a problem attracting native Spanish speaking families and it doesn’t help when parents don’t acknowledge it, families try to gain the system, and the few native speaking families there are not treated nicely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, it was a dcps school. Trust me, we have thought about leaving and may do that next year.

Please leave. Hopefully my kid can get the spot.

Different poster- with your garbage attitude, you will fit right in with the other Oyster parents. Don’t forget to be rude and patronizing to the spanish dominant families you perceive as poor, while advocating that they be removed from the school behind their backs.

You sound super bitter. I suggest therapy to work through your insecurities and feelings of inferiority and inadequacy. Good luck!

New poster. PP doesn’t sound bitter to me.

OA has a problem attracting native Spanish speaking families and it doesn’t help when parents don’t acknowledge it, families try to gain the system, and the few native speaking families there are not treated nicely.

Why are you making things up?!?
OA has no problem attracting native Spanish speaking families. The school is 55% Hispanic! In the PK4 lottery, approximately 30/36 seats are reserved for native Spanish speakers (who are tested and their parents interviewed). Every year since they started attending OA, my children have had classmates who are not only native speakers, they show up at the school speaking no English because they came directly from Spanish speaking countries, including Spain, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador, Argentina and Honduras--and that's just off the top of my head.

We get it, for some reason you hate the school. That doesn't mean that you should lie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, it was a dcps school. Trust me, we have thought about leaving and may do that next year.

Please leave. Hopefully my kid can get the spot.

Different poster- with your garbage attitude, you will fit right in with the other Oyster parents. Don’t forget to be rude and patronizing to the spanish dominant families you perceive as poor, while advocating that they be removed from the school behind their backs.

You sound super bitter. I suggest therapy to work through your insecurities and feelings of inferiority and inadequacy. Good luck!

New poster. PP doesn’t sound bitter to me.

OA has a problem attracting native Spanish speaking families and it doesn’t help when parents don’t acknowledge it, families try to gain the system, and the few native speaking families there are not treated nicely.

Why are you making things up?!?
OA has no problem attracting native Spanish speaking families. The school is 55% Hispanic! In the PK4 lottery, approximately 30/36 seats are reserved for native Spanish speakers (who are tested and their parents interviewed). Every year since they started attending OA, my children have had classmates who are not only native speakers, they show up at the school speaking no English because they came directly from Spanish speaking countries, including Spain, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador, Argentina and Honduras--and that's just off the top of my head.

We get it, for some reason you hate the school. That doesn't mean that you should lie.

You’re talking to multiple posters saying the same thing. The only people making things up are the oyster boosters who pretend nothing is wrong and anyone with even a neutral comment is “stalking”. Sure.

Beware if you’re a native speaking family. They’re only nice as long as they feel your kids are useful.

[Anonymous]

NP to the thread.

Oyster parents always complain about a stalker, but Jeff can tell whether or not sonríen is sick puppeting. Go ahead and report suspicious posts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, it was a dcps school. Trust me, we have thought about leaving and may do that next year.

Please leave. Hopefully my kid can get the spot.

Different poster- with your garbage attitude, you will fit right in with the other Oyster parents. Don’t forget to be rude and patronizing to the spanish dominant families you perceive as poor, while advocating that they be removed from the school behind their backs.

You sound super bitter. I suggest therapy to work through your insecurities and feelings of inferiority and inadequacy. Good luck!

New poster. PP doesn’t sound bitter to me.

OA has a problem attracting native Spanish speaking families and it doesn’t help when parents don’t acknowledge it, families try to gain the system, and the few native speaking families there are not treated nicely.

Why are you making things up?!?
OA has no problem attracting native Spanish speaking families. The school is 55% Hispanic! In the PK4 lottery, approximately 30/36 seats are reserved for native Spanish speakers (who are tested and their parents interviewed). Every year since they started attending OA, my children have had classmates who are not only native speakers, they show up at the school speaking no English because they came directly from Spanish speaking countries, including Spain, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador, Argentina and Honduras--and that's just off the top of my head.

We get it, for some reason you hate the school. That doesn't mean that you should lie.

You’re talking to multiple posters saying the same thing. The only people making things up are the oyster boosters who pretend nothing is wrong and anyone with even a neutral comment is “stalking”. Sure.

Beware if you’re a native speaking family. They’re only nice as long as they feel your kids are useful.

Then I’m talking to multiple posters who: 1. Don’t have any children who attend/attended Oyster and 2. Don’t know what they’re talking about because...see #1.

Oyster must be even more amazing than I realize (after having my children attend for over 7 years) because only an amazing school would engender both love (from actual OA parents) and such unfounded hate from people who couldn’t get their children admitted. Whatever the case, my entire family loves the school. It’s not perfect, but it’s a wonderfully unique school for many kids.

Be best!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP to the thread.

Oyster parents always complain about a stalker, but Jeff can tell whether or not sonríen is sick puppeting. Go ahead and report suspicious posts.

Oyster has many stalkers, but there is one that is unusually committed and hateful.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.
—Victor Hugo