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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're full of it.  The Amherst MA school knocks itself out to attract and retain local native speakers.  A college friend, a Cantonese-speaker, is an administrator there.  She troops around to places where Chinese families gather in Western Mass trying to drum up interest.  The school freely allows bilingual kids to replace drop-outs, just like the MoCo schools and others we've visited in San Fran and NYC.

The bottom line is that YY is popular, and works for the families it attracts (those not raising their kids bilingual).  They're not shooting for the stars where the cultural and language component goes.  It's good enough for DC in 2014, no matter who does or doesn't write in.

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No.  Everyone has to enter through the lottery and they cannot give preferences to kids who already know Chinese.  I asked them b/c we are moving there and my kid knows Chinese and will be entering in upper elementary.

It's in Hadley, BTW, not Amherst.[/quote]

Thank you PP for actually stating facts instead of trying to wind everyone up through false/incorrect information.  I will never understand why some people who clearly have been engaged in this conversation for some time still refuse to acknowledge that this is a rule outside of YY's ability to change.  And some of us (maybe not you PP or anyone else in this thread, but many out there) actually believe that equal access to the few spots for all DC residents is actually more important than giving preference to native speakers, so some of us would still fight for the current arrangement even if it was on the table to change it.

But for now, it's not a rule YY created or has the power to change.  All the repetitive frustration towards YY for not changing it is a waste of everyone's energy.  [/quote]

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