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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One challenge with immersion is that it's hard for kids to join in when they move in later grades, and poorer kids in DC tend to move more. [b]What do you do when a 4th grader moves IB for a dual-language school or when the charter they've been in counsels them out mid-year? [/b]

I think Tyler should go dual-language and Brent should be monolingual (or vice versa), and students in both boundaries should be able to rank their preferences for each. You'd be guaranteed a seat in one of them and there'd be sibling preference to keep families together. Then there would be lots more dual language slots and everyone would still have a monolingual alternative if they wanted it, and both schools would have more racial and economic diversity.[/quote]

Every DCPS full dual language school (no English only stream) has a designated monolingual alternative. For example, Oyster students who do not wish to study Spanish, or who move to the boundary zone after 2nd grade, attend SWW @ FS.

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Tyler's would be Brent then, right?  Since they're so close together.  [/quote]

Doubtful because Brent is so crowded.

I can't remember the options for Bruce Monroe and Bancroft, the only other 'full school' immersion elementary programs. Anyone know?[/quote]

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