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[quote=Anonymous]PP, but if we are going to educate immigrant families (your words) -- let's say we agree on that goal -- then how does that happen? If there is no one who is willing to, literally, speak their language?

I find much to like about YY (and yes, I have a child at the school) -- but there is a stubbornness, a wilfulness in the administration on some of these issues that I find disheartening.

Why can't they tell us how many self-identified Asian students there are the school? Don't tell me it's not relevant or that you don't keep track. That's simply not true. It is totally relevant (in fact and as well as for what it means PR-wise and psychologically) and someone does keep track of the numbers. Why are the barriers always being thrown up?

Why isn't there a single person -- administrator, teacher or parent -- at the open houses that speaks Mandarin, if the core mission of the school, the whole reason it exists and stands apart from all other DCPS or DCPC schools  is to TEACH MANDARIN? Wouldn't you want to highlight your strength, your core mission?

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