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[quote=Anonymous][/quote] So lose patience.  Like you said, it's 2% - bilingual Chinese barely register...   As non-Chinese YY parent, I would rather the school put it's attention to more pressing issues rather than spinning it's wheels on trying to recruit more bilingual kids:  In the end, it's entry by lottery.  Like many parents at YY, I don't care how many bilingual kids there are entering preK.  My DC has learned a lot of Mandarin starting from nothing in less than a year and I highly doubt his learning would be any greater if there were more bilingual 4/5 yr olds in his class.   There is no way YY can have 1/3, 1/2 or even 1/4, 1/8 bilingual Chinese kids unless they are given preference in admissions.  Will NEVER happen in DC.  [/quote]

I'm an AA parent who doesn't agree at all.  It's embarassing that very few Chinese are interested in a public immersion school teaching Chinese.  YY needs to reassess.  When you only have one or two dozen native speakers and you're losing some because their parents feel unwelcome and pushed around, you should sit up, pay attention, and listen, not tell the Chinese to shut up and go away.

There must be some cost effective way for DC Charter, the YY Board and the PA "try to meet them halfway" as somebody put it.

I do care how many bilingual kids are entering preK because these kids must be learning a lot about Chinese culture at home via osmosis, and they can and do share their experiences at school.  One Chinese boy told my 5 year old about what his Cantonese-speaking family does to celebrate the Moon Festival.  My kid came home excited, asking if we could do some of the same things. I thought it was great.  We staged a great little Moon Festival party, emphasizing vocab he'd learned.

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