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(And what do your ILs think of white people? I know lots of white people at YY.)[/quote]

My ILs are Old Country.  They think a Chinese school has many Chinese-speaking kids and an ethnic administror or two, with the rest at least speaking Chinese.  Othewise, it's not a Chinese school.  We just walked in off the street, we don't know all that much, but it wasn't a welcoming experience.  Our friends who left tell us that, without an ethnic administrator, bilingual families aren't always sure who to turn to in a jam.  A sea of white and black parents is going to be a hard sell to my wife.  We can't be alone among DC Chinese in this regard (or future DC Chinese anyway).  If that's helpful info for you guys, great, if not, no worries.  We're looking at the other language immersion schools, and moving IB for Oyster.

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For sure you're not alone but you're not the rule either. Some Chinese parents like the school for their kids and others don't. No school is right for everyone. I went to an open house for my inbounds JKLM and didn't like it even though most parents I know there love it. [b]But, I am not telling them they should change the school to suit my needs and interests. [/b]
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ITA.  I think dual immersion would be great to have but this constant harping by someone [b]who isn't at the school [/b]about how they SHOULD be running their lottery, recruiting more Chinese kids - dialect speaking or Mandarin or whatever, who they should have at their open house, etc. gets tiresome.  We attended many open houses, private mostly and YY, and while I liked some more than others, I would not presume to tell them how they should be running their school or their open houses.  If you don't like the school for whatever reason, move on.

The Chinese poster seems to have a proprietary interest in Yu Ying although they do not send their kids there solely on the basis of their ethnicity.  They are Chinese and YY teaches Mandarin therefore prospective CHINESE students should be preferred and catered too.  Treated special in the lottery and otherwise.   Leaves a bad taste...[/quote]

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