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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One challenge with immersion is that it's hard for kids to join in when they move in later grades, and poorer kids in DC tend to move more. What do you do when a 4th grader moves IB for a dual-language school or when the charter they've been in counsels them out mid-year?

I think Tyler should go dual-language and Brent should be monolingual (or vice versa), and students in both boundaries should be able to rank their preferences for each. You'd be guaranteed a seat in one of them and there'd be sibling preference to keep families together. Then there would be lots more dual language slots and everyone would still have a monolingual alternative if they wanted it, and both schools would have more racial and economic diversity.[/quote]

Hate this idea.  YOu don't seem to know that Brent is bursting at the seams.  Seen the new trailers on the small playground?

No room at Brent for most IB parent who want PreS3 and PreK4 let alone IB Tyler families who'd reject Spanish![/quote]

Then make Brent dual language and Tyler monolingual. It's the same number of IB kids in the combined boundary either way. [/quote]

Come on, every Hill parent knows that Tyler has subsidized housing its catchment and Brent does not - Brent would never want to combine boundaries. That’s why people buy in the Brent district.[/quote]

Huh, why should what Brent parents want matter more than what Tyler parents want?[/quote]

Because it's Brent that you're proposing f*cking with.

Brent has its own set of problems - trying to fit everyone in its catchment into the building.  Taking on another school's population and associated issues is hardly a priority.[/quote]

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