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[quote=Anonymous]It is not a small feat to change the enabling legislation for the charter school system.

YY's situation is that random admission to the upper grades, would require admission of kids who had no Mandarin, if they were at the top of the lottery.

Other charter schools would also like to use a screening tool -- academically difficult schools would probably like to use a screen like DC-CAS score (e.g., BASIS, although I don't know this, just guessing).  The Hebrew school would like to use a screen for Hebrew (think of it, only 13 yo who had completed their bah/bat mitzvah could possibly pass).

Changing the charter law requires a full DC Council vote, a lot of political capital, and not a path I think YY should go down.

For grades where admission still occurs, because YY uses a wait list in order of application submission, YY could do a huge outreach effort, in Chinese, about this admission policy. Only those who would read Chinese would receive the outreach.  YY could set up a table in Chinatown to receive applications on the first day.  YY could actively keep Chinese speaking parents informed of how quickly the wait list is moving.  So, using the wait list order, for 2nd grade and under, the Chinese speaking population could be increased.
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