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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To get back to OP's original question:
- We are at another DCI feeder. We are inbounds for Deal but currently looking towards DCI. This is true for several other families I know in a similar situation who also have a child in upper elementary grades. 
- If your child has just started PK4, you have absolutely zero idea of who your child is, how they will react to serious academics, whether they have any special academic or behavioral needs, and even whether these schools will still exist in 7 years when you need to contemplate this issue. Approximately 20% of kids have special educational needs, and trust me, just because your child is clearly smart doesn't mean they aren't one of them. Until you know who your kid is, you can't plan their middle school education. 
- You also don't know who their friends will be in 5th grade, what the 5th grade DCI cohort will look like, and what other private options may be at that time. You don't know their interests. You don't know whether they will do better in a large or small school. 
- Take it year by year, make the decisions when the time comes.

To 'heritage dad' who screams about YY being so bad all the time: why do you care so much? I agree with your point of view and I am also fluent in Mandarin. But really, why waste so much energy on it? For some immersion parents, a decent foundation in a language with a strong accent (learned early) is enough. The kids can build on that foundation later by living or working in a country where the language is spoken. Well, at least, this is how I feel about our French immersion program.

The only reason any parent should be too worked up about this is if their child is not able to get the fundamentals (reading, math in English) while also learning the target language. (See special ed comments above). In that situation, the immersion program maybe should be reconsidered. Of note, an 'immersion' program is not a two-way 'dual language' program. A dual language program has at least 30% of kids who are dominant in the non English language. Dual language programs in DC are Oyster, LAMB, Bruce Monroe, and a few other programs in the city. Yu Ying is an immersion program. [/quote

Why do you care so much if you're not even at YY? Why do you waste time and energy with holier than thou put downs advising PPs to stop "screaming" about this and that?  If you don't agree with other posters, not simply ignore them?

If YuYing were an immersion program, why don't the students speak Chinese outside Chinese classes? To my mind, in immersion programs, the target language is spoken throughout the school. For the e-record, I'm not "heritage dad" and don't think he exists. Heritage dad is almost anybody who points forward any point of view DCPCS "immersion" boosters don't want to hear.  I'm a mom who speaks several dialects of Chinese and thinks YY's set up leaves a lot to be desired for my tax dollars.  But then, yea, who really cares?[/quote]

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