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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not necessarily! There are immersion charters with strong facilities, like Yu Ying and LAMB, and DCPS programs with weak facilities.

What PPs haven't been talking much about is the quality of the language instruction (both in English & the target language) and whether programs offer dual immersion, or something like it.

My spouse and I speak several languages taught in DC's bilingual/immersion schools between us. Sorry to say, we haven't been very impressed with either the English or target language skills of most of the older kids we've talked to at open houses when school was in session. Oyster did seem to be ahead of the curve, but not by much.

Nobody seems to push to raise standards for language instruction and learning in DC, with a view to kids knocking it out of the park on IB diploma language assessments down the track. Why IS this? Because DCPS and DCPSCB set such a low bar that they're satisfied with outputs?  [/quote]

LAMB parent. The facilities are ok - not great. There's no gym, no space for a school nurse (thus no nurse), no library at any of the campuses, no librarian (there's a room with books at Perry / an alcove at Missouri Ave). It's a strong school and great community despite these things, but not on par with all but the oldest DCPS schools.

YY got a great space that works for them and have figured out how to make after care a profit center to help pay for what they don't get from the city. 
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There is a nurse and a library at the South Dakota campus. No librarian though. [/quote]

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