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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But how do they determine dominant? Or is it enough to be fluent?[/quote]

We applied to the English dominant lottery so don't know. But they do test. Given that if you get in you are dropped for lower choices, I would not risk it if I was just fluent (but then it was our too choice so risked getting in nowhere otherwise).[/quote]

The way it works for Oyster is that for PK4, K, and 1 you apply and say what your [b]dominant[/b] language is. They test this and if you say you are Spanish dominant and then you are not, you lose your spot.

For 2nd and above, there is only one OOB lottery (rather than an English- and Spanish-dominant), but you can only apply if you have "near grade-level proficiency" (not fluency, which is more nebulous). Again, they test, and again, if you get in and don't have that, you lose your spot.

If you are IB then they must take you for K and above, and it does not matter whether you have any experience in Spanish. They are required to meet you where you are. If yoiu decide you don't want dual language, you have the right to enroll in SWW@F-S instead.

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This is an accurate description of the IB and OOB enrollment process.  I would like to add that, in the past, Oyster has strongly counseled IB parents against enrolling their children (grade 2 and above) who don't have any Spanish immersion experience.  Some parents that I know personally have taken this advice and enrolled their children in other schools.  A few parents decided to enroll their children in Oyster anyway---with mixed results.  I only know of two instances (an admittedly unscientific sample) where this has worked out for those children.  Even then, the parents provided a great deal of outside support (i.e., Saturday Spanish school, private Spanish tutors and caregivers, and regular trips abroad to Spanish-speaking countries).  An additional key ingredient:  The children were themselves highly motivated to learn Spanish.[/quote]

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