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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Amharic, really?

I would wager that there are more Irish-Americans living in the District than there are people of Ethiopian descent.

What are the odds the charter board would approve a Celtic culture / language school?  Probably nil.  [/quote]
You don't understand how the charter process works. A group comes up with a plan for a school, and the board considers that plan in a vacuum, asking: will this school tewch kids what the city thinks they should know--that is, will kids from this school do well on DC CAS? That's it.

Exhibit A is the fact that the same year a Hebrew immersion school was approved, an Arabic immersion was rejected.[/quote]

Because the Hebrew immersion school had a well-designed plan that answered all of the necessary questions.  The Arabic immersion school did not.  If they improve their application and submit all of the information they're welcome to try again.  The PCSB's no vote isn't "no forever," it's "no to this application".  Go back and do the work and get it right this time.[/quote]

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