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So by this logic, Oyster, Tyler, Houston should not have dual language programs, or should be city-wide. [/quote]

Yes. Truthfully, I don't know much about the boundaries of Oyster or Houston, but I think in-bound families should have a neighborhood school without the dual-language mandate. Ideally, DCPS would have a small number of city-wide dual language schools available throughout the city in line with demand for those programs. The existing schools seem to have arisen out of involved parents who helped make those programs happen, but I sometimes wonder if the full community is always on board.[/quote]

I agree with this. Or have 1/2 the neighborhood school offer Spanish and the other 1/2 offer English.  Not everyone wants dual language for their child (I don't), and if that is your neighborhood school, you are forced to accept it unless you can lottery out. [/quote]

Half immersion / half not immersion is precisely the situation at Tyler and what the immersion parents are trying to change, arguing that it holds their program back.

You NOT required to accept immersion if your neighborhood school is 100% immersion. DCPS offers you a guaranteed monolingual alternative (e.g. Oyster's is SWW@FS; Bancroft's is Raymond). [/quote]

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