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[quote=Anonymous]Let's see, who should get preferential treatment?  Should the preferential treatment be given to Chinese ethnics, or should the preference be given to children who already speak mandarin. The Chinese ethnic population in this city do not overwhelmingly speak Mandarin  they speak Cantonese. And, if the Cantonese families are speaking Cantonese and not Mandarin how is that a two-way immersion process.

FWIW, I am a Black parent with a student at YY who have asked for a separate lottery for children who have Mandarin speaking parents.  Alternatively, I have asked why the charter could not be amended to allow for older students admittance via a language assessment. I actually see the value in the two way immersion. I draw the line in simply allowing a student automatic admittance simply because a child is ethnic Chinese, but do not speak the language. What about the little Chinese girls with with adopted parents?  Which lottery would they enter, speaking ink Mandarin.

And although I am not a fan of either the principal or executive director, I am offended for them by the tone of this thread. Their personalities and perhaps bedside manners are indeed lacking. However, they are qualified in their respective positions. They took a little known school and has made it known internationally. I think there is a lot of haterism going on in this thread. If any of you think you can do a better job, DC is not lacking for more good quality schools.  Build your school. Get the financing and purchase your building. Build your program and market it to the prospective parents. If you are good, the parents will come. Is it possible for YY to become better?  I definitely hope so, but you people are crazy.

Everyone at the school are not there because of terrible IB schools. We initially were, but from entry until now my family has moved. There are students IB for JKLM, Brent and other cap hill clusters attending YY.  We are currently IB for Deal. Depending on the next couple of years and the progression of our son, as a family we will make a decision between YY's new international school, Basis, Deal or private. The bottom line is that not everyone has terrible IB choices and yet still chose YY. [/quote]

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