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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][/quote] The charter law, as written, doesn't serve bilingual families well [/quote]

It doesn't serve a whole lot of other families well either.  I hate the way DC parents tend to act like Soviet citizens when it comes to the charter law, doing as their told, playing along, letting VIPs make the big decisions.

If DC charters were a stunning success across the board, leaving no room to tweak the law, we'd hardly be living in a city that's 1/3 white with a HS population that's around 2%.  One halfway decent charter HS, Latin, isn't much to brag about.  Contact your city council members folks, make noise if you don't like points in the law, if it isn't working well for your family, neighbors, DC friends.

Maybe I don't know my DC education politics, partly because my kid is too young for school, but it strikes me as a form a madness that charters can't pick suitable kids for any programs under any circumstances, unlike in some states.  I'm tired of reading complaints about those snotty Chinese parents with the nerve to point out that positive disrimmination for their kids in admissions at YY would be constructive and sane.  Dare I suggest that the Chinese know their own language and culture better than the non-Chinese YY administrators and PA members?  Heresy.  We're in Emperor's New Clothes quagmire on some of these charter law issues.

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Has your child attended Latin?  Our child is in Latin HS and we're happy to brag about it.  Do you have any specific questions?  I don't feel like we are 'settling' there.  Why would we?  We were lucky to have had all the other options.  I feel like our child is getting something special.  Thanks.[/quote]

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