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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As usual, a thread that has evolved into vehement YY bashing....I only really got to know the parents in my kid's class and as in most things in life, much comes from what you put into it.  I never felt unwelcome at all.  I didn't make as much of an effort as I should have in getting involved so didn't get to know as many parents as I would like.  But to a fault the parents and administrators have been welcoming.

I sometimes feel the thread comments are talking about an entirely different school.  And once again I am not saying that this is perfect and nothing can be improved.  But it is a good school with welcoming parents and administrators in my opinion.[/quote]

Have not posted before.  Constructive criticism is hardly bashing.  It is a different school if you are Chinese, not entirely, but it is.

So this PP tells us that because s/he has never felt unwelcome, we are not entitled to.  I stay mainly because: fewer than 1/3 of the 3rd graders at my IB school test proficient; I cannot afford an independent; and, I am not unhappy enough yet to move to the burbs.

Just the fact that it seems to have taken PA parents years to figure out that Chinese in this city congregate at dimsum places and markets in MoCo, something I learned my first weekend in DC from the neighborhood Hong Kong dry cleaner guy, says a lot.

I am a lawyer who has been through the charter law carefully.  I do not see anything mitigating against voluntary placement tests for incoming kids.  My Cantonese speaking child could actually learn Mandarin at an accelerated pace, but nobody with any clout has stopped to figure out that his Cantonese is good.  When I suggested a placement test to the principal, I was told off.

Why not test kids whose parents want them tested?  Why not evaluate kids who speak Chinese on day 1 and count them?  Yes, the parents and administrators are welcoming, but, for the most part, they are also a lot more clueless about our situation than they know.

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