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[quote=Anonymous][quote=warrenox][quote=Anonymous]I have read on other posts about Yu Ying that it takes quite a bit of parental commitment for their children to succeed at Yu Ying.  If the parents at Miner are not willing to make the investment in their children's education with a single language track, what makes DCPS think that these same parents will make the commitment to see their kids flourish in Mandarin?[/quote]

What makes me think they will succeed is because the parents who choose the Mandarin immersion will be the parents who make the commitment to see their kids flourish.  Why would we assume that Yu Ying parents are willing to make an investment in their child's education but parent's who would put their child in an immersion program anywhere else wouldn't make that same commitment?

It appears you are assuming that the kids currently at Miner in the grades above pre-K and Kindergarten would be introduced to Mandarin.  They would not.  There is a large percentage of people who are currently inbound for Miner that do not send their kids to the school.  There is a desire to reverse that trend and create a true neighborhood school.

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Yu Ying accepts children up to the second grade with no Mandarin background. Why would Miner have to limit Mandarin to entering pre-K children only?[/quote]

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