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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because the charter board doesn't want a school that already attracts bright, well-off kids to have a preferential admission process that may be seen culling out the "unwanted" minorities. Do you REALLY think this hasn't been approached with them time and again? Don't you think that the school has been already looked at suspiciously for the past 3 years for dwindling numbers of low-income AA students? Honestly, the charter board doesn't look towards moving things in a positive direction and making influential change. They tend to only work on big problems that can't be ignored.

The over-simplification of the issues surrounding who does/doesn't choose to apply are too numerous to address here. It is a public school and the student population should reflect the population of the city. It does. [/quote]

YY parent, not Chinese.  By many estimates, there are two or three hundred low-income Chinese kids in this city whose parents might be attracted under a different paradigm.  The waiters, dry cleaners and take-out place people obviously don't make professional salaries.  I for one don't like how almost all of the Chinese at YY seem to be from six-figure salary families - it's part of what makes the learning environment phony.

I'm certainly not under the impression that the PA, the administration and the YY Board have ever presented a united front on the issue, or been persistent in asking for help from the powers-that-be in boosting the hopelessly low number of bilingual kids.

The case could be made that having more bilinguals would help the low-SES kids with immersion.  When you visit one of the NYC Chinese immersion schools, you get a feel for how this works.  Invite Charter Board people on a trip to one in Manhattan or Queens to learn about the 2-way model.  Invite them to attend that annual CAPE conference on dual immersion programs.   Yes, all they could say is no.

The issues surrounding who does/doesn't choose to apply are terribly complicated when it comes to the Chinese families.  PPs on this thread have nailed them over and over - suggest that Charter Board members wade through the posts on this thread, and the similarly themed one in Nov, to 'earn what everybody involved should know.  This isn't the right model, it just sounds good.

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Yawn.

(It's tiresome to listen to people bitch, especially those who don't actually do anything.)  Instead of realizing how lucky you are to have one of the best opportunities in the entire United States for your children to become fluent in Mandarin, you whine because it doesn't fit your personal fantasy.

Go ahead then pumpkin, and make a school.  Something tells me you know nothing about satisfying multiple constituencies and still remaining a viable entity.

Bottom line: you recognize how lucky you are and thank your lucky stars, alternatively you bitch.  In that case, save yourself and everyone else the trouble - just go do your own thing.  It's not like you'll miss anything... much less, be missed.

P.S.  That goes for many more threads than this.  [/quote]

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