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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Similar to Oyster, wouldn't you have to have a written/oral test in the immersion language to qualify for entry?  You can't just have English-only kids plopped into a middle school with immersion tracks.  So very few kids would qualify outside of Stokes, Oyster and LAMB, etc. [/quote]

Even if there are true "immersion" tracks at DCI it is perfectly plausible to program intro level language offerings for newcomers to language study who lottery into the school's available spaces.  The model for this is the private Washington International School Structure, which organizes students into an immersion "humanities/social studies" class in the target language for at-grade level literate students, an intermediate level and an intro level.  While DCI may not accomodate with all those bells and whistles, I'm sure they will give thoughtful attention to how to support newcomers and third language acquisition among the bilinguals.  I am confident there will be opportunities for students to join DCI from a lottery and to benefit from language offerings tailored to their level.  Without that, the model is a non-starter because there is no way to maintain necessary enrollment goals.[/quote]

Have you looked at WIS lately?  Maybe they once had an intro level for older grades, but currently part of their selection criteria is language "assessment" for older incoming students, and they do not admit those with no proficiency in their choice language.  Don't they expect all graduates to test for the IB diploma?  How can you enter as an 8th or 9th grader and develop the proficiency you'd need by 12 grade to succeed in the subjects taught in the 2nd language as well as master that 2nd language enough to pass the IB diploma test?  WIS is not an example of what you're suggesting is possible.  Indeed, are there any examples of what you're saying?  Because it doesn't make sense that it could work in a school serious about graduating IB diploma holders.  Not without testing anyway, which we've already established DC charters can't do![/quote]

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