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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here,
Am I correct in saying that given I would be moving to DC with a girl in the winter of her final year of pre-K that my chances of getting her into YY are extremely low? IT sure sounds like it would be nearly impossible. If so, then it wouldn't enter as a factor in my planning very strongly. It's possible I would move to attend some other school, but I wouldn't be counting on getting her in at YY. Does that sound generally reasonable?[/quote]

I wouldn't say extremely low, I'd say very low.  Word is that YY wants to close the lottery door at first grade, rather than second (somebody jump in if you know how that discussion turned out).

If you truly want public school Chinese immersion in this Metro area, your best bet is to up your game at home and shoot for one of the MoCo elementary programs (where you'd almost certainly have a spot eventually if your child could test in to replace a drop out, taking you to Herbert Hoover MS and probably on to the stellar Richard Montgomery HS IB Diploma Program).  But if you're set on staying in DC, you could still up your game at home, and in a heritage language weekend program, then try to lottery into DCI for 6th grade. If you succeeded and you'd done a good job at home/with the heritage school, there would be no barrier to your kid jumping onto the Mandarin partial immersion track at DCI.  Again, as a native speaker, I wouldn't be intimidated by the Chinese taught at YY.  [/quote]

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