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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your family speak Spanish at home? Because that will make the choice real easy- DCB, because you can’t get in to Bancroft without Spanish dominant preference OOB.[/quote]

Ops kid isn’t Spanish dominant. They thought that they could pass because their kid attends a dual language school. [/quote]

So then that is the end of the thread.  DCB it is.[/quote]

+1. There are so, so many English dominate 2-4 year olds that attend immersion daycares in DC. Mine was one of them and was actually Spanish dominate as a toddler (I spoke Spanish to her at home, but am not a native speaker), but the true dominate language preference kicks in hard by kindergarten. The criteria for Spanish preference in the lottery is not fluency, it's actual language dominance in the home. What language does the kid cry out in at night? What language is spoken around the dinner table and between other family members?

OP, as a parent who was in the exact same situation a few years ago, please heed my advice. Unless your child is genuinely a heritage speaker, do not take a Spanish dominate spot at Bancroft. The parent of an elementary student in EOTP DC spends all of their years answering where your child goes to school. Everyone knows there are never English dominate OOB spots at Bancroft, and everyone will realize you took the spot from an actual Spanish dominate family. It is not worth the years and years of explaining how *you* got into Bancroft OOB and dealing with the silent reputational hit that will come with everyone realizes you committed fraud. You're in DCB and liked it, stay there where you won't be silently labelled a liar by every parent you meet.[/quote]

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