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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't seen a response to the sensible question asking why they don't keep Tyler the way it is, half-English and half-Spanish. Is something wrong with the current system? [/quote]

[b]Some people would prefer Tyler to go all bilingual because they think every kid in the boundary should get to learn another language.[/b]
Some want it so poorer-performing kids opt out for charters or other DCPS schools and the test scores at Tyler can rise.
Some probably live on Capitol Hill either ib for Tyler or out of bounds and struck out for other immersion schools and want more bilingual seats near them.

I get that there is a desire for more bilingual elementary seats and think DCPS should look into ways to offer them--Houston was a great start. But making Tyler all bilingual and not offering a guaranteed English-only alternative at a school that people view as at least comparable seems like a pretty bad way to do it.[/quote]

I don't think this is true. There are more OOB students in the immersion program. If in boundary kids wanted this, they would be taking more spots. [/quote]

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