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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]YY certainly doesn't care what you think, and neither does DC Charter.   We've written letters asking for ethnic Chinese and native speakers in their administration (signed by members of various local Chinese community organizations) and nobody replies.  
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Illegal. Perhaps your efforts might be better spent to see that some native speakers have teaching and administrative degrees and experience. When there are openings, those folks can apply. [/quote]

This is the true, absolute bottom line.  People like the "Hire ethnic Chinese speakers in administration" poster want everyone to break the rules for what they want, but otherwise want the rules to apply.  [/quote] my kid is at another highly regarded charter school so I have no dog in this fight. I completely agree with the Chinese community that is frustrated about the lack of a Chinese leadership and a Chinese immersion school. I also agree with their frustrations that they cannot get preference. And any other school with Chinese immersion. it is known that a two way model works the best. So [b]why on earth we have a generic lottery whereby native speakers are not given preference is beyond me[/b].[/quote]

Because (as has been stated in this forum ad nauseum) [b]preference based on language ability is against the charter law[/b].  Perhaps the Chinese community could channel their frustration towards getting the law changed.  YY would love to be able to offer preference based on Chinese fluency, but it is not allowed to do so.  [/quote] No shit sherlock. And has been stated ad nauseum, this is a stupid law, which actually contradicts the science. Certainly, people can use their energy to try to get the law to change. There's a large contigent of people who would actually fight those effors. Because the odds of getting in are so slim to begin with, preference would lower the number of available seats. This is the real problem people have with preference. It might stop their precious snowflake from getting in.[/quote]

You'd be less of an ass if you did something effective in real life instead of bitching on the internet.  [/quote]

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