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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But is she bi-literate? Can she translate her own email, or will she be dependent on volunteer parent translators like Monica. It slows down communication a lot.[/quote]

Yes, definitely. She is a native Spanish/English dual language [b]speaker[/b][/quote]  Sorry, by bi-literate I meant to ask how well she can [b]write[/b] in Spanish. She seems to be well-qualified to teach English. But that is not the mission of O-A. Ms. Canizales sounds very impressive as an educator and I'm pleased we have a principal in seat. It is nice that she can speak Spanish fluently and that she is Latina. But if she herself is not bi-literate, it will be important that she hires an an elementary AP and a middle school Dean of Students who are. The Spanish-speaking parents and teachers in the school community are, to my understanding, more diverse in nationality, culture, race, profession, SES, etc. than the other DCPS bilingual schools. It's also the second-biggest DCPS bilingual school after CHEC. But DCPS should not take it for granted that students fluent in written and/or spoken Spanish, regardless of their parents' background or their boundary, will stay through 8th. Major investment in Spanish at the middle school level would at least distinguish O-A from other MS options.

As an O-A parent, I am confident that our large and diverse panel would have raised objections if she did not seem like a good fit. I was just curious if she writes fluently in Spanish or if she was planning to hire people for that skill.[/quote]

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