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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Before judging parenting styles, let's recap the facts as they stand today which may have no relevance after the boundary smack-down.

re-K, regardless of boundary or siblings, means nothing at Oyster. Before kindergarten, DCPS is not [u]required[/u] by law to give you any space in a DCPS. Even based on address or language dominance. However, there are no publicized standardized tests to validate Spanish-language dominance.

A DCPS school can establish Spanish proficiency or dominance however they want. Oyster-Adams traditionally had some kind of DCPS waiver that allowed it to test (however they wanted) and give preference to enrolled siblings at Pre-K level over IB new students.

But that was before bilingual charter schools started expanding and performing better. Oyster-Adams is not the only bilingual game in town anymore.[/quote]

Thanks for the advice, but I will continue to harshly judge anyone who steals an education from the intended child (that comes from a Spanish-speaking home)…and then tries to justify it with lame excuses.

As an IB Oyster parent for a number of years, I am well aware of how the PK lottery works.  My point is that any OOB child who is admitted via the Spanish-dominant (SD) lottery is supposed to come from a Spanish-speaking home.  In the past , many thieving and conniving parents have exploited the principal’s weak gate-keeping on that issue; however, I understand that going forward the new lottery system will clearly define Spanish dominance...and it’s about time.

Btw, which bilingual charter schools are “performing better” than Oyster?!?  There [b]IS*NOT*ONE [/b]bilingual charter school in Washington, DC with better test scores than Oyster—not one.  You are entitled to your own opinion, not your own facts.  Oyster is not the only bilingual game in town, and for that I am VERY grateful.  I just wish that more OOB English speaking families would recognize that fact and focus their attention on those bilingual charters.  Oyster does not need them. 
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