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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MoCo is only good for Chinese kids - many threads on how white kids are not welcome.[/quote]

Whatever, many of the Chinese AND white kids leave immersion for magnets and that is why it is possible to test into the Mandarin immersion program at any grade.  If they did not take new students, the MoCo immersion programs will be very sparse with many of the best students leaving.

You have to ask yourself what kind of kids remain in the immersion program in the upper grades.[/quote]

Not exactly. The strongest students in the two Chinese immersion programs don't all live near 4th-5th grade HGCs (Highly Gifted Centers). Some kids test in but aren't enrolled by parents who opt to avoid hassle-filled commutes to school. Others go to HCGs but don't stay, returning to a Chinese program eventually.  Also, some parents with kids who test into HCGs decide to stay the course with the Chinese to shoot for the Richard Montgomery IB Diploma Program via Herbert Hoover's partial immersion track. Mandarin-speaking students seem to enjoy preferential treatment in admissions at RM, and only around 10% of 8th grade applicants are admitted county wide.

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