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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two languages at YY open houses? What a question. The head speaks really basic, poorly pronounced Mandarin, and there usually isn't an admin who speaks Cantonese (though some teachers who do). Admins know that a presentation in Chinese would be useless to almost all the parents they attract in the absence of outreach to the immigrant community. They've never bothered and, to my knowledge, don't get complaints about the arrangement.

I hear you, I've been to open houses run in English and Spanish, English and French, and even English and Hebrew in DC public.[/quote]

Other DC immersion schools run every open house, every PTO meeting, and produce every newsletter and document in both languages. Even when the audience is 98% English dominant or 90% Spanish dominant. It's a matter or practicing what they preach, even if it is 'useless' to many of parents who attend.

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But YY doesn't need to practice what it preaches. Few parents can hear the weak Chinese, DCI Chinese IB Diploma exams graded in Geneva (including recorded interviews) haven't highlighted flaws in their model yet, and their WL is the longest in the charter universe. Their location is central and they have lovely facilities and hardly any poors. Also, bilingual American Chinese are resented for their success in this country and career access to the rising China. Accommodating this crowd is very low priority in the DC public school universe.  [/quote]

"Poors" - disgusting. [/quote]

Are you reading for content or in the hopes of having a knee-jerk reaction? The poster was criticizing YY. The school makes great use of Mandarin to deter FARMs families from applying. Practical approach actually, since common sense dictates that housing project and Section 8 voucher kids need to focus on learning English.
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