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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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You seem to ignore completely the fact that perhaps a school with a unique mission should be located where there are Spanish language dominant kids that are in boundary, if it is going to be an zoned shool. If you are so pent up on the mission of the school, why not put it in the midst of a spanish speaking neighborhood instead of a very expensive one. And if all the parents are so very dedicated to bilingual education, why do so many English dominant kids leave before completing 8th grade.  Guess they just don't need oyster anymore?[/quote]

You seem to ignore common sense that Oyster, a school that has been bilingual and in its present location for over 40 years, should NOT move to chase a Spanish speaking population.  You do realize that Oyster’s “unique mission” is served very well where it currently stands, right?  As long as the two lotteries are not gamed by education pirates, 50% of Oyster’s population is expected to come from IB (primarily affluent and English dominant), and 50% of its population is expected to be comprised of families where Spanish is spoken in the home (with no regard to race, boundary or socio-economic status).  However, in practice, the SD lottery has served as a mechanism for regular middle class and scheming ED OOB families to enter Oyster—and many of them do not come from Spanish speaking homes.  Once Oyster’s language lotteries are properly enforced, then the SD lottery will allow ONLY those students who come from Spanish speaking homes to fill those seats.  There is no need to move the school, because the students will come from all over DC for a top quality bilingual education...as they always have done.  If you are interested in a boundary-less dual immersion public school, allow me to introduce you to Yu Ying, Mundo Verde, Stokes, DC Bilingual, Sela, LAMB, etc.  
Are you really interested in serving more Spanish speaking kids in DC, or do you really just want to punish English speaking families who have the means to move IB for Oyster?  It sounds like the latter to me.  
Btw, I don’t know why other parents pull their kids from Oyster before 8th grade.  You should ask them, but we intend to stay.  Perhaps they just have lots of great options (i.e, Deal, private schools, etc).  Does it also bother you that IB Oyster parents have so many great options?  Why are you so jealous?

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