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[quote=Anonymous]I concur.  And I'm optimistic that eventually, maybe in 2 or 3 years, this discussion will take off.  China will keep rising, more bilingual families will come into the District, and stay, as neighborhoods and schools continue to improve, and more immigrant families accept government service as a solid career choice.

Since Mandarin isn't a niche language, like, say, Aramaic or Farsi or even Hebrew, founders do need to be careful not to attract droves of families who are OK with the Mandarin but not Chinese attitudes, and are out of touch with the Sino immigrant experience.  You can have a minority of such families, but when they become the majority, as at YY, the less assimilated want no part of it and even high-SES bilinguals can feel token.  There isn't a market for Cantonese immersion anywhere outside several California population centers.  And there's enough tension over assimilation, challenge and cultural authenticity issues at YY: no point in exporting them to a sister charter.

Competition wouldn't hurt YY.  Maybe it would help effect a change in administration that would benefit the school.  I don't see why a handful of immersion schools should be the only ones feeding into DCI either.

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