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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Not sure about BM, but English option for Bancroft is Tubman and the option for Powell is Raymond.  But it isn’t reciprocal as it should be.  Greater school choice for the affluent in Crestwood and Mount Pleasant and no choice or DL option for all the kids in affordable housing in Columbia Heights.[/quote]

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