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[quote=Anonymous]Until the Charter School Board changes its policy to allow for native speakers to test-in, the reality is that language immersion schools cannot give preference to native speakers, and given that these are PUBLIC schools - that is how it should be and I am happy that the Charter Board stepped in and stopped LAMB from cheating the system. I asked the Sela people at the MOTH event what their position was - and they said they expected very few students to have any exposure to Hebrew, let alone be native speakers of the language, but that that didn't trouble them, because they were focused on having a diverse school and giving kids from all over the city an opportunity for bilingual education. They did say that all of their Hebrew teachers would be native speakers. To me, that seems like the real issue for bilingual schools. If Cantonese parents want a Cantonese-speaking public school, they should put together a plan and get a charter from the City. If people want language test-in, we need to change the law at the Charter Board level - not expect schools to cheat to let in your kid. I don't really care if their are native speakers at LAMB, only that the teachers are native speakers. [/quote]

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