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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][/quote]  We can afford a more serious school where our input is more likely to be valued, and can find the Mandarin elsewhere. [/quote]

Curious where you can find Mandarin elsewhere.  I have looked and can't seem to find it.  Most schools teach language as a subject among many (i.e. Brent, Thompson, Sidwell), but if your kid is coming from Immersion or speaks Mandarin at home there is not much available.   [/quote]

There have been several mentions of MoCo Chinese programs, I don't know a thing about them but apparently they exist and are much much more welcoming of Cantonese speakers than YY.  But I don't know if the MoCo programs address what you're asking, which is the immersion/bilingual track all the way through (as opposed to just classes).[/quote]

From what I've heard, the MoCo Chinese programs lets kids test-in for any open spots, any grade, unlike Yu Ying which will accept anyone via lottery, no testing for proficiency, for any open spots up to 2nd grade.  Even in MoCo, people apply via lottery but there is no preferences given to native speakers for K - the starting grade for immersion.  Since the other options are so much better in MoCo, the Chinese immersion program only attracts people who are interested in Chinese - not people who are escaping crappy schools, thus more native speakers and people who have a strong connection to China.

MoCo also has much much better school options so many of the kids who start in immersion will transfer out to G&T in 3rd grade or later leaving spots which are filled by test-in kids.[/quote]

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