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[quote=Anonymous]Actually there are many families there b/c it's the only decent school their child got into. Bad IB school. Didn't get in anywhere else. No interest in Mandarin at all. It's the way public schools and charters are run in DC. Agree it's crazy and silly. That school in San Fran would never be able to open here with preferences for certain language proficient groups for the same reason there are no gifted programs that admit by examination in DC. I wouldn't worry too much about the parents who send their kids to Yu Ying primarily for the Mandarin. Many have strong ties to China, speak Mandarin and/or visit often or have lived there, and support their kids Mandarin and knowledge of Chinese culture b/c it's important to their family. I'm one of these and would prefer the lottery stays the way it is - the school is very diverse and I prefer that to a majority of ABC kids. We can support knowledge of Chinese culture by going to China. [/quote]
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