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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, YY isn't in high demand because it's a serious Chinese immersion program, as PPs love to claim on these boards. Look in California, MoCo, New York or the Carolinas for one of those. Not at all. The school's in high demand because the Mandarin requirement works brilliantly to deter most poor families from applying, enabling the rest to fall into place (nurturing environment, strong test scores for English and math, fundraising mechanisms in high gear, fun sleepover field trips, great playground, long WL etc.)  They've got a FARMs rate on a par with JKLM and Brent, way down from their FARMs rate ten years ago.  There are schools in Upper NW with a higher percentage of poor kids (Hearst, Stoddert). YY parents and admins don't want to admit how this works, but it's more than obvious. [/quote]

This is it.  This is the answer.  All the hoey about "supporting Mandarin at home" is to further abet what you see above.  I write this as a very happy parent of two YY students who love the school.  But folks should be a bit more honest about why the school is so attractive.  It's not because all our kids are going to work for Google in Beijing when they grow up.[/quote]

Yes, you're right. This is a city with a fast rising high SES population, and a school system WITHOUT GT programming, more than one popular neighborhood middle school (Deal) and high school (Wilson), and test-in middle school programs.  As a general rule, there's aren't enough nearly enough educators and counselors in a given public school building to intervene effectively when struggling students need more remedial work, gifted students need more advanced work, and a range of students need critical socio-emotional supports. Parents who can vote with their feet to particularly strong elementary schools with FARMs rates in the teens and single digits do. [/quote]

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