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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]/\ i don’t think that’s a correct assumption. You only get feeder preference for one of the seats your feeder school was allocated, for that specific language track (for Stokes). You don’t get one of those seats, you’re in the general pool like every other lottery applicant.

IF this starts happening in any significant quantity, it’s going to really water down the quality of the French and Chinese programs. I’d be paying attention to that if I was a Stokes French or YY parent.[/quote]

You are also making an assumption with above.

No, it will not water down the French and Chinese program anymore than it does now.  All the kids from the feeder with French and Chinese would get their spots. [/b] What is left over would potentially go to any Spanish kids from the feeder.  [b]

I would argue it would be a benefit to the French and Chinese program since these kids are already bilingual.  Studies show they will pick up the new language much faster than a monolingual kid.[/quote]

No that’s not how it will work. If a feeder kid does not get a preference spot, they aren’t ahead of any other kid who didn’t go to a feeder school. They don’t get other leftover feeder seats. Unfortunately there is a ton of confusion and misinformation about how the various preferences will work at DCI once the expansion grades start turning the guarantee into a preference. It would be great if DCI or MSDC did a full info session or FAQ on these various scenarios. A lot of us are asking the same questions and getting different answers.[/quote]

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