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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has Chisolm always had a dual-language track? Why? And what led to the decision to go fully dual language?

All the other dual-language schools in DCPS are located in areas with a high percentage of Spanish speakers. My understanding was that in those places, dual language options were created both as an opportunity for the native Spanish speakers to succeed in their native language and as an opportunity for others to benefit from learning a second language. In practice it doesn't seem to always play out this way (i.e., the Spanish speaking population got priced out of the neighborhood or "dual language" instead became a signal for school quality or peer group), but it does seem like the original intention. In contrast, the neighborhood around Chisolm doesn't have, and as far as I know has never had, a sizeable Spanish speaking population.

From what I've heard, now that Chisolm is fully dual language, many of the lower-income families zoned for Chisolm are opting to attend Chisolm's sister school, Payne, because they don't want Spanish. If true, I'm not sure a new middle school option is a good or equitable use of DCPS's limited resources.[/quote]
Not true only 2 families transferred to Payne, please don’t spread this narrative if you don’t have facts[/quote]

I’m pretty sure it’s been more than two families that have transferred to Payne and you stop trying to share the narrative you want that seems better.

Living in a district with many options, a nice percentage of families have fled in the last years to other schools besides Payne as the lottery has opened that door for opportunity.

So what they may not have all gone to Payne but they’ve definitely left. [/quote]

It is fewer than 10 to Payne per the Edscape data: https://edscape.dc.gov/page/enrollments-dcps-boundary-00 For what it's worth, Chisolm's boundary participation rate (50%) is in the top quarter of DCPS elementary schools and has held pretty steady over time.

But only 26% of Chisolm students live in boundary. That puts them at or near the very bottom of all DCPS elementary schools for this metric. (It was second from last in SY23-24).[/quote]

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