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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You raise a very good point. The bilingual DCPS schools offered are not in this area, where most native speakers live. Remember, the point of bilingual ed is not only to teach a language to English speakers, but to serve ELL kids better. Those parents are the least likely to advocate for themselves to DCPS. [/quote]

IMO - and I realize this is FAR off topic for this thread, Oyster no longer makes sense as the LOCATION for a dual language program. The vast majority of native speaks are OOB. Personally I'd move that program (at least the Spanish teachers and an administrators) to northern Ward 4.

DCPS is trying to put one in each ward, but shouldn't the places with the most Spanish-speaking density get more than one?

(Waiting to be flamed relentlessly)
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Why?  I do not have children at a language immersion school, I would have loved had my child been able to get in but that did not happen through the lottery.  The point of language immersion (I thought) was to teach a second language, I get why there is a preference for Spanish language speakers for the immersion model, but this is not about haveing spanish language schools for spanish language speakers is it?  This is about an immersion program for whoever wants it and spreading it around the city actually seems fair to me.

-No dog in this fight.[/quote]

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