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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi everyone!  I'm very late to this discussion and haven't read all 17 pages.  But I **LOVE** Yu Ying, so I thought I'd share my opinions here, like it or not!

[b]1.  "Go start your own Mandarin immersion school if you don't like it."[/b]
Actually, sooner or later, this will happen!  Just like we have at least two DC charters that teach Spanish, there is more than enough demand for a second Chinese charter school.  Perhaps one that focused on traditional characters instead of simplified?  Or which offered elective Cantonese?   Don't underestimate what DC parents can create.

[b]2. "Yu Ying was just started by a bunch of parents with no experience in education"[/b]
And what an amazing job these parents have done!  A top-ranked charter school, new campus, international high school, IB accreditation.  Applause for the parents!  And think of what would have happened had the teacher's unions and "professional" educators been allowed to continue with business as usual before the charter schools came.

[b]3. "I believe the law allows for tracking"[/b]
Yes, in fact, Yu Ying already tracks its uppermost grade!  And it needs to!  Not all kids are going to be at the same level of Chinese; they vary tremendously.  Therefore the need to track.  Most all schools "track" students in English readers; the advanced kids don't read the same books as the remedial readers.

[b]4. "We need a way to test-in older kids who already speak some Mandarin"[/b]  Yes, we do, and YY will find a way to do it!   The main issue is that students are lost due to natural attrition in the older grades.  Let the new students in to replace them!  If they speak Mandarin already all the better!

That's it for now guys!  Sorry if I seem obnoxiously positive, but some people don't realize what a GREAT school we have and prefer to pick petty fights here!  Appreciate what we have![/quote]

Actually, hardly any of what you say is in question here.  The reason this thread is 17 pages long is because so many people want access but can't figure out how to get it.  No, you don't seem obnoxiously positive.  It just might be helpful for you to understand that no one is questioning whether it's a great school or not, people just have a lot of opinions about how access to your great school should or should not look.  And different reasons/values for why they feel the way they feel.  That's what the 17 pages have been about, not about questioning the value or greatness of the school.[/quote]

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