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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because the challenges of immersion study deters most parents of FARMs students from applying to charters, unless they speak the target language at home (Spanish).

With immersion in the mix, you get an overwhelmingly SES student bodies at a few charters (e.g. YuYing, 10% FARMs) like at JKLM, Brent etc.

Also, immersion adds extra challenge in a city without formal GT programs.

Immersion works to get high SES parents what they want when they can't afford Upper NW or the priciest Cap Hill real estate.  Few will admit this but that's the story.[/quote]

OP here, and I agree that parents, consciously of not, use the immersion screen to narrow down to school with "people like them." You start with this giant list of of schools and you have to make sense of it somehow.

I just find it interesting that now that my family has settled at our school, all the things I thought were so important really weren't that important. And the things I didn't consider have turned out to be way more important than I thought. But when I try to share these insights with others going through the process, it falls on deaf ears. Maybe someone tried to share wisdom with me when I was going through it and I didn't hear it either.

I guess in the end, at this time of year, I'm struck by all the hand wringing. School choice is in many ways a burden and creates endless opportunities for parents to feel like they aren't doing the best for their kids.

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