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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]

Is there much demand for Hebrew and look at Sela?[/quote]

There is a difference between opening a charter school and converting a DCPS school to immersion. What if your child's school informed you that they were going to start teaching in Swedish and if you didn't like it you'd either have to move, get a different placement through the school lottery, or transport your kid to a more distant school that continued to teach only in English? You might be ok with this but a lot of families would not. At Sela, everyone knew what they were getting into and has a by-right choice that isn't Hebrew.[/quote]

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