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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's totally unfair to [u]require[/u] a public school official to send their kids to a particular school. Especially when there are two custodial parents. Education decisions, like financial decisions, can put a serious strain on parent relationships. BTDT.

That said, I think it's BS for Kihn to claim "commitment to bilingualism" as a reason for his family's choice. He should have just said "it was a personal decision between my wife and me, so MYOB." End of story.

Our family has been at WIS and at bilingual public schools. WIS is only immersion through 5th grade. Even then, the level of Spanish skill at elementary level  was definitely below our public option. There were plenty of native Spanish speaking parents, but there weren't that many kids. Our public school and EotP neighborhood definitely have a lot more. WIS lower school is in G'town and upper is Cleveland Park. I've heard more Russian and French at pickup than Spanish.

If you really want your kids to be fully fluent and biliterate and culturally competent in Spanish, WIS is not a guarantee. It has a lot of great qualities and one of our kids loves it. But there are plenty of WIS parents with kids in public schools, too. Kihn's Spanish language priority explanation sounds a little thin. Unless, of course, they got locked out of all the bilingual lotteries and priced out of OA boundary. Then I'd have a lot of sympathy for them.
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If you get priced out of OA boundary, no way you can afford WIS.[/quote]

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