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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"DC International School" certainly creates confusion with "Washington International School."  You would think that they would have chosen a different name.[/quote]

You are obviously extremely easily confused.  Yes, they are both international schools.  But, they don't sound the same at all, and they are both usually referred to by their initials - WIS and DCI - which are very different. [/quote]

If you visit both schools, as I have, you will know that they are VERY different schools.  One is a well established, truly international private school (with a student body that reflects that fact), and the other is an public international school based largely on its IB program.  Oh, and one has a FARMS rate of over 50%, while the other costs over $37,000 per year with no discernible poverty.  The differences are real and obvious.[/quote]

The public one is the only one with a Mandarin program, right?  The private is for diplo-brats.[/quote]

Wrong again.  Diplo-brats AND Mandarin.  Students begin studying Mandarin daily in 6th grade, and they can continue it through high school.  With the lack of poverty/experimenting present at DCI, and the financial resources of their parents, I bet the WIS students that pursue Mandarin through high school will end up just as fluent as the DCI (Mandarin track) students.  And they're obviosly getting more Mandarin than the non-immersion students at YY.[/quote]

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