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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here. I can't seem to find my comment from earlier. I think oyster is a great school, but I didn't think it would be a good fit for my children. Lamb seems to be a better fit so far. I was not trying to disparage oyster, but I do wonder who is spreading the rumors that the curriculum isn't good. In my case it was a neighbor who sent her kids to private.

Also would like to point out that there is a long waitlist so the naysayers are obviously outnumbered. Glad to see so much support![/quote]

It sounds as if your neighbor has:  (a) absolutely no idea about what she’s talking about; (b) never stepped foot inside Oyster or spoken with current parents; and/or (c) an ax to grind with Oyster (for whatever reason under the sun).  While I am not interested in convincing anyone to come to Oyster; it annoys me when people don’t exercise basic common sense.  Consider this:  Oyster probably has the most affluent and best educated native Spanish-speaking parents among all of the public immersion schools in DC.  Do you honestly think that these native speakers, WITH GOOD EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS, are going to put their children in a school that has a “dumbed down curriculum,” or teaches mediocre Spanish?  Oyster has been a bilingual immersion school for over 40 years.  No immersion school has been around longer in the DC metro area, besides WIS.  While Oyster isn't perfect, a mediocre curriculum isn't one of its problems.  Please use your thinking caps folks.  [/quote]

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