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Meaning, she knew no Mandarin when she started as the YY Principal, or meaning she did know some, and has learned more since coming on?  I get that your assessment is she's not great on the tones, but is she conversational?  [/quote]

(From what I remember) At her previous school in Virginia she worked with the Mandarin program. I was under the impression that she spoke none or very little at that time, but has since picked up some basics. She is not conversational and could not present something like an info night. I speak very little Mandarin myself and can pick up that her tones are as flat as mine are. I'm not troubled by that in terms of how it looks to outsiders. What concerns me is that over half of her staff is Chinese and she can't understand them. [/quote]

Yeah but the person who does all the hiring speaks fluent Mandarin, the director. The principal was either the principal or vice-principal of a fairfax county school prior to YY. She was instrumental in establishing that school's IB program.

FWIW, there are a couple of mandarin administrators on board. They are  white or bi-racial (black/Chinese). I understand from this thread that the ethnically Chinese administrator is somehow tainted by the AA blood running through her veins, therefore not good enough for you racist. [/quote]

I have no idea how you could think anything I wrote is racist. I was just stating information about how well the [b]head of school[/b] spoke Chinese. I couldn't care less about her race as long as she does a good job. That is my primary concern.
Furthermore, there are 3 administrators at YY, none of whom are "mandarin" as you suggest: one AA head of school, one white COO and one white assistant principal. The former COO (different title then) is white and speaks Chinese. She is now working on the DCI and has no hand in the daily operations of YY. The bi-racial AA/Chinese person you speak of is a grant writer and is part of the development department. There is a Chinese program coordinator who appears to also be kindergarten classroom teacher at this time (according the the school's private portal). Interestingly, she is from Guangzhou. The person who screens all the applicants lives in another state, but she is a Taiwan native. [/quote]

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