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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a new PK parent and while it would be nice to have more Chinese families at Yu Ying, I can't help but feel a lot of the complaining comes from the fact the school is so hard to get in at this point and will only get harder.  There are quite a few children with Chinese parents or one Chinese parent in my DC's PK class as is apparent if you look at the names on the roster.  Of course, I'm not sure how many of these families actually are Mandarin speakers.  I'm also Asian American and have many ABC friends who don't speak or only speak a little Chinese.

I agree it would be nice if Yu Ying could have more Mandarin speaking children but at the same time I love the idea of a charter school where everyone has equal opportunity for admission and I very much like the diversity in my child's class.  Perhaps Yu Ying can keep the lottery as is for PK and K but have preferential admission for children with demonstrated knowledge of Mandarin to replace for attrition in the higher grades.  I realize this is a new school with many things on it's plate but hope it only gets better.

Also, our family loves the school so far and have zero complaints.  The other families, the teachers and admission are lovely and we are happy to be members.[/quote]

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