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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wonder if Sela will have the same complaints as YY with Jewish parents complaining that they don't feel welcome b/c it's not Jewish enough and Sela does not recruit for native Hebrew speakers, etc.  Kind of doubt it.

FYI.  We are a Yu Ying family and all the Chinese teachers are native speakers.[/quote]

You're mixing Jewish (religion) and Hebrew (language).  There's also Israeli (nationality).
Do you mean to say Israelis living in DC will feel they aren't welcome because Sela does not recruit for native Hebrew speakers?  Ha!

Jewish families (Israeli or American) understand that Sela is not a Jewish school.  It will remain to be seen how many Jewish families are attracted to it.  Most Jewish families in DC who want a Jewish (religious) education go private (Jewish Primary).  It's unlikely that many of them will go to Sela just for the Hebrew language and then complain that it's not religious enough.  Sela has laid it all out ahead of time and in their charter: they are promoting bilingual education, nothing religious.[/quote]

I predict the absolute opposite.  The ONLY families I know personally who are actually excited to attend Sela are Jewish (4 families that I know).  It's true that technically Sela can't be a "religious" school, but the families that I know feel they have the religious side covered between Hebrew school and temple.  They're over the moon for a public school that will teach Hebrew as a language.[/quote]

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