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Anonymous wrote:There will be enough English classes for kids who are not proficient in Spanish, French and Mandarin. DCI is NOT a language immersion school.

You are wrong. DCI will be a "language immersion school" whereas you will continue learning your foreign language from your elementary feeder school.

It is to the extent the kids can continue with the target language if they choose but that it will not be the manditory 50-50 English/Target language that existed at the feeder schools. It will be possible for kids to continue on to middle school and high school mostly if not all of their cousework in English. These students will not be eligible for an IB diploma. [/quote]

If this is true, this is good news for anyone who wants to lottery in if space is available. This is better for DCI's long term viability as it won't be solely dependent on the retention from their feeder schools. It's also good for bilingual kids not already in the feeder schools.[/quote]

Actually DCI's model is dependent on not having a sizable number of students lottery in (basically anyone who needs remediation in English). The whole goal of DCI is to graduate kids with an IB degree but that may not be realistic for all thus the availability of enough classes in English for a regular HS diploma not IB.  All IB public HS have this option. IB diploma requirements are tough.

If DC Bilingual manages to overcome their financial woes, the expectation is that there will be no lottery spots for new students.  [/quote]

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