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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No worries; we will surely stay away unless the DC law on charter schools is amended a third time, this time to allow individual schools to develop unique admissions criteria (and it may, the DC City Council plans to consider the issue next year)  and Yu Ying welcomes us.  The former seems increasingly likely, while the latter is clearly very unlikely.   The problem is that kids learn languages best when they're taught not only be instructors but by peers - Columbia Teachers College in NYC has sponsored several good studies on the subject in the last decade, which can be found easily.  Our Chinese au pair is friendly with au pairs who care for Yu Ying kids from non ABC families, enabling us to meet parents with similar concerns.   The Chinese au pairs like to joke that the Yu Ying kids speak Mandarin very formally for young children because they aren't learning "kid talk" from classmates.   The parents tell us that not having more than a handful of bilingual kids enrolled, and Chinese parents involved in the institution, is a serious problem that is well known but seldom discussed at PTA meetings in a PC environment.  Our kids will learn to speak Chinese well, and without foreign accents, regardless.  It's the Yu Ying kids, and the DC taxpayer, who could be better served.

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#1  It's not DC law, it's federal law.  You're going to have to take that up with Congress.  Oyster can do what it does because it is a magnet school.  Yu Ying is a charter school, and the law is very explicit on what charter schools may and may not do regarding student preference.  Keep spinning that wheel.
 
#2  If you think Yu Ying is full of low income kids, then not only do you know nothing about the school, but you haven't even looked it up on GreatSchools or followed the Yu Ying threads on DCUM.  What most people complain about with respect to Yu Ying is that with less than 15% FARMS, it skews far too privileged.  It looks too much like a Ward 3 school and this 25 page thread is devoted to castigating Yu Ying for that.  The whole point is that Yu Ying isn't doing enough outreach or support for lower SES families.  It appears that you are not as fluent in English as you think you are.

#3  By all means, get your information about schools from your au pair, since that's the expertise you pay your babysitter for.  However, be cautious about presenting an informed position when in fact you know nothing.  It's a PA, not a PTA, and moreover it not a particularly PC environment.

#4  Since you appear to be the sort of parent most Yu Ying families would avoid, it's unlikely you bring the value to any environment that you imagine.  We don't expect our students to be confused with your snowflake.  We expect them to receive a better bilingual education in Chinese than any other public school.  That actually sounds like a bargain, from the taxpayer's perspective.

#5  Finally, your opinion isn't as representative as you pretend.  The Asian population in the newest class is visibly higher than previous grades.  It will keep growing, hopefully without you.

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