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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, any chance we can convince you not to move to DC?  We have quite a lot of self-entitled, officious douchebags here already. No need to add to the count, especially someone who would be at the head of the list. [/quote]

What's worse...

Those "douchebags" who feel "entitled" just because they work their asses off, pay in huge amounts of taxes, get actively involved in improving the schools, put in hundreds of hours volunteering, who host fundraisers to benefit the school, raise funds for teacher gifts, for student activities, for trips, and so on - and then have the arrogant audacity to expect good things of those schools?

Or.... the ones who feel "entitled" to reap the benefits even though they haven't done jack squat to help or contribute in any way?[/quote]

Ding ding ding!  We have a winner!!

It wasn't OPs original search for a good option for her child that made her look like a douche.  It was her tone, assumptions, and incredulousness that somehow DC would be different.  It's understandable to be surprised at the differences, but not condescending about them.[/quote]

I am the OP, and that is just it, transferring to a Mandarin Immersion School in DC is different.  It is reasonable to expect that a Mandarin immersion school in a city as progressive and transient as Washington DC would have transfer opportunities for students in higher grades.  
DC is different, in many ways that any other city in our nation, and because of that a transplant would expect more from schools that specialize in a language that is taught through immersion in very few schools nationwide.

No transplant should have an advantage over local residents, current DC families should have the option to make use of public and charter school spaces as they become available.  My disbelief does not come from a place of entitlement, but sheer disbelief that any school system would limit its ability to serve as many students as possible in each grade level.  Local or transplant, some child with target level proficiency should have the opportunity to fill an open space.

If five students withdraw from a 2nd grade class in one school at the end of the year, that is a significant loss of funds over the course of three years.  Why shouldn't five new 3rd grade students have the opportunity to fill those spaces and ensure continued funding?

When my child leaves the immersion school in our city, I hope that some child will test into the school and benefit from the taxes that we  have paid, my volunteer efforts, the funds that I have donated, and my active involvement in the school.   My efforts are to impact the greater good of the community served, not just the interests of my child.[/quote]

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