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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi Op, I only read a few pages of this thread (did not have time to read it entirely) and had to write to apologize for all of the very rude people who responded!

My child is in an immersion program and you can bet that if I had to relocate, I would try my hardest to get him into another immersion school!  I personally do not understand why you cannot test an enter into a higher grade (provided you got in via lottery) - this seems very unfair.   I imagine that if a YY parent had to move to another state they would also try to do the same.

I just want to say that you are certainly not asking anything unreasonable and I wish you luck in your search!  Please come back to update us![/quote]

As a Yu Ying parent getting ready to move to another state,[b] we are doing everything in our power to get into another immersion charter. I've yet to find one that doesn't allow test in. Clearly, the entire country must be against poor children. [/b]Honestly, the argument that rich kids with tutors will take over these schools if they can test in is preposterous. We are a bilingual household and I can't tell you how long it takes children to proficiently speak in both languages (not just understand). If one of those languages is English, it can take even longer. Not allowing testing at higher grades just discourages native speakers. I'm starting to wonder if most on this thread are okay with discriminating against Chinese, not just African Americans. [/quote]

Agree, it's ridiculous.  And the slippery slope argument that once you allow testing-in, you are opening the flood gates to testing into other schools/magnets and specialized programs other than Yu Ying's grades 3, 4, 5 is really grasping at straws to NOT change a policy that is completely unreasonable.  It seems to be the norm that every other Mandarin immersion school in the entire country allows testing-in for upper grades except Yu Ying.  :roll:

Currently, Yu Ying's main entry grade is preK4 where they take ~ 30 kids in a open lottery.  Spaces in grades K, 1, and 2 are only available when a current student leaves through the lottery.  Seems a complete waste that attrition in the higher grades have to remain empty and cannot be filled by kids who already have a background in Mandarin and can benefit.  DCPCSB would rather YY waste the slots to remain "fair" to students who have no background in Mandarin.  [/quote]

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