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Hello to all!
Longtime lurker, first time writer, and first time player of the insane school lottery here in DC.
I have one point, and three questions:
1. My School DC website and customer service reps are committing fraud by regurgitating "Put your choices in order of which you want the most". There is no disclosure whatsoever, if a school has ZERO or less than 1% of slots available to those without sibling and/or boundary and/or other legal preference. The data does not lie, and it's absolutely unconscionable. There should be ONE list for where you would want to go if every program was immediately scalable (enabling schools to justify increased resources) and one for reality, where child's future is at stake. Lottery system for public education is in of itself unconstitutional, and I would happily join a class action lawsuit seeking policy change and NO resources diverted from education.
2. Other than Washington Yu Ying, which PK3/PK4/K immersion programs are taught entirely in the target language?
3. How many PK/K hours per day or week is Mandarin taught at Thomson? How many at Creative Minds? Do ANY other schools offer Mandarin on a regular basis? Are there any new Mandarin programs on the horizon?
4. I speak French fluently, and would love to network with homeschool parents creating alternative learning culture. Please PM me if you are connected to these quiet folks.
Full disclosure: I've sacrificed a HECK OF A LOT for "DS" to get multiple language immersion early in life. We moved to DC for a family emergency, and my mission is building on that foundation.
Longtime lurker, first time writer, and first time player of the insane school lottery here in DC.
I have one point, and three questions:
1. My School DC website and customer service reps are committing fraud by regurgitating "Put your choices in order of which you want the most". There is no disclosure whatsoever, if a school has ZERO or less than 1% of slots available to those without sibling and/or boundary and/or other legal preference. The data does not lie, and it's absolutely unconscionable. There should be ONE list for where you would want to go if every program was immediately scalable (enabling schools to justify increased resources) and one for reality, where child's future is at stake. Lottery system for public education is in of itself unconstitutional, and I would happily join a class action lawsuit seeking policy change and NO resources diverted from education.
2. Other than Washington Yu Ying, which PK3/PK4/K immersion programs are taught entirely in the target language?
3. How many PK/K hours per day or week is Mandarin taught at Thomson? How many at Creative Minds? Do ANY other schools offer Mandarin on a regular basis? Are there any new Mandarin programs on the horizon?
4. I speak French fluently, and would love to network with homeschool parents creating alternative learning culture. Please PM me if you are connected to these quiet folks.
Full disclosure: I've sacrificed a HECK OF A LOT for "DS" to get multiple language immersion early in life. We moved to DC for a family emergency, and my mission is building on that foundation.
