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The emphasis on diversity does come at the expense of the learning: you would need more Chinese parents and kids for the school to teach the language and culture very effectively but nobody much at YY gives a hoot.  The teachers are also polite and low key, not be confused with content.

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Looks like the school chose 'diversity' over the 'benefits gained by having more bilingual kids' and for 4, 5, 6, 7 yr olds, I'll rather have the diversity - knowing and living it at a young age is a more valuable lesson for living in the U.S. and certainly trumps the benefits conferred by having more biligual and/or ethnic Chinese kids in a classroom especially for this age group.

I also know and like the new assistant principal.

The 2-way language model may work better for language and cultural knowledge and it would be a good thing for high school and later but I'll rather have the 1 way model for our child if it means he can have more diverse peers for elementary school.

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But isn't that the point of a immersion program, learning the culture, language and diversity.  Shouldn't have to choose.  We are at a spanish immersion program and my child benefits from a 2-way model with peers that are bilingual and there is diversity.  [/quote]

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