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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody would send their kid there unless they are jewish or the other school option is bad academically.  hebrew is almost useless unless you are jewish.  I've never met a non-jewish child who studied hebrew.  Maybe some theologians do, but that would be in their college years I am guessing or even later.[/quote]

Actually, I am not jewish and if my child was in the correct age bracktr (he is much older) I would definitely consider Sela due to the benefits of immersion. Before we relocated, jewish day schools were on my list of considerations as schooling options for ds. Many Jewish students attended the catholic school I attended so why not the other way around? I think if a school offers a good curricula and a good environment, then why not consider it. [/quote]

More power to the Jewish day schools (and to the Catholic schools).  Religious-affiliated private schools are a great option for believers (and those of other belief) who value the education and faith-based grounding.  However, SELA is not supposed to be a Jewish school.  It is a publicly fiunded DC charter school that will teach Hebrew.   If it teaches the cultural context of the language, it will have to observe very carefully the religiion/state separation.  When Washington Latin was founded and initially headed by a Congregational minister who didn't understand the separation, Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a complaint against the school.  (Rev. Ahlstrom was forced out several years ago for various reasons, and under its current leadership WL has had no 'establishment' issues.)   I trust that Americans United and similar groups will be vigilant in the case of SELA as well.[/quote]

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