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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid recently switched from our IB DCPS to a French immersion school near DC.  There are families there from France but also francophone African countries, Haiti, etc.  There is definitely a significant French-speaking population in the DC area.[/quote]

If you are describing the francophone population in DC as &quot;significant&quot; then what word would you use to describe the hispanic/latino population?

OP, DC and other cities have spanish dual language schools because there is a large and increasing Spanish-speaking demographic in the school-aged population. Roughly half or a third of public school students in some neighborhoods. There may not be any neighborhood in DC with &gt;1 percent francophone so it would be better as a charter or other non-boundary school. Same with Russian, German etc. 
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PP here.  Of course, the Spanish-speaking population is much larger; I thought that went without saying.  I was just commenting that there is also a not insignificant number of people who speak French in the area too.  We know several families in our neighborhood, and both staff and kids at our IB school—my Ker had a couple of kids in class last year who spoke French.  I have French-speaking coworkers, and also hear it spoken regularly by passersby downtown.

I agree that because there isn’t a concentration of French-speaking families anywhere in DC, the idea of instituting a French immersion school in any particular neighborhood would be tough.  However, I wonder if an idea like Oyster would work.  Just brainstorming here—perhaps make an up-and-coming, centrally located EOTP school a French immersion.  IB families can attend by right, and let kids from all over the city test in.  Seems you’d have the makings of a desirable and racially/socioeconomically diverse school.[/quote]

Oyster began as an IB school. That's its history ... but then the neighborhood gentrified beyond all recognition.

If you want French immersion you need try for stokes, pay for WIS or the Lycee.

If you're ok with it as a foreign language, but not immersion, move into Shepherd's attendance zone or apply for an OOB seat.[/quote]

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