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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It looks like neither campus attracts Hispanic families.  Any thoughts on why that is?[/quote]

Maybe 2nd Street did not, because they do not offer Spanish, but that's not true for Cooper. There is a fairly decent number of kids who self-identify as such.[/quote]

The MySchool DC page says Cooper is only 8% Hispanic.  Is that off somehow?

Does Cooper plan to offer anything for the native Spanish speakers in the school like Latin American history in Spanish?[/quote]

No, there isn't anything for native Spanish speakers, at least not now. (In high school, they do occasionally offer small classes based on students' interests, so it's possible it might happen in the future.)

See if you can find the most recent data for Cooper. I know recently in DCUM someone posted links to newly released data and they included the demographic breakdowns. I want to say Cooper was around 20%, but it's possible I'm misremembering. [/quote]

It’s amazing that Latin doesn’t offer Spanish, especially given how many languages they do offer. Only conclusion I can reach is the obvious one: racism. [/quote]

When I was looking at schools, I did not like that 2nd Street didn't offer Spanish. Cooper does, and that was a big pro for me. Next school year will be the first year Cooper expands beyond MS grades. Something like a history class taught in a language besides English I wouldn't expect at any non-immersion school until HS if at all, maybe 11th-12th grades. This seems like a weird thing to pick on Cooper for.[/quote]

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