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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]French is actually very popular among the African population in DC.   I would love also to see more language options but we are intersted in German and thats even more rare than French. [b]There is clearly a demand for French if the Stokes waitlist is any indication[/b].[/quote]

Maybe. There may be a demand for charters in Brookland that outperform the available DCPS schools. There may be a demand for a path to DCI. Some people do Stokes for French, but others have other reasons and French is either a bonus to them, or a neutral.

If DCPS put the French immersion school at Beers or Randle Highlands ES, would a lot of people from outside of the neighborhood send their kids there? What would they do with kids who move in and out of the area?[/quote]

Exactly. People lottery mostly for Stokes, not for French. In fact, most parents who lottery for Stokes enter both the French and Spanish lotteries.

Re Beers or Randle Highlands -- no clue. But for every DCPS immersion program, there is a designated nearby by-right elementary school for children who join the feeder pattern too late to start an immersion program, or for those who simply don't want it.

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I lotteried for both Stokes programs because I'll take what I can get.  But I strongly prefer French and would drive quite far for it.[/quote]

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