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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you read the article? Lower-income families aren't mostly interested in this. Which you can see in the data, because fewer than 10 students for both the pk-3 and pk-4 years even tried to gain access via the equity lottery to Shirley Chisholm this year.

But if what you actually mean is that your kids want this option, you'll be glad to know that Jefferson cleared its waitlist entirely already, so if they put a dual-language program there, you've got some chance of getting in even if you don't live in the neighborhood. It's a Title 1, 55% of the students are at-risk, and 10% of the students are doing math at grade level, but if your concern is really with privileged parents getting access to things that other families don't, that should all be a bonus for you. [/quote]

It's not clear that lower-income families aren't mostly interested. There are two language immersion schools in Ward 7 - Elsie Whitlow Stokes and Global Citizens. Both have the highest rates of applications to seats offered and higher wait list numbers than other schools. It may be that lower income families aren't willing to travel farther for language immersion but put an option closer, and they are choosing it above other options. While Stokes and Global aren't very high at-risk, they are much higher than other language immersion schools.[/quote]

They are not high at risk because lower SES families are not the majority at these schools.  Sure some more lower SES might enroll but they don’t obviously represent the SES of the neighborhood they are located meaning families are coming from other wards also[/quote]

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