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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can set up all the supposed dual immersion public school programs you want (charter of DCPS) to keep affluent families happy.  As the article points out, its attracting enough low-income native speakers to ensure successful immersion that's the trick.  [/quote]

Yeah, the whole "low income Latino" thing in the article made me kinda wonder if the author actually talked to any Latino students/parents at Oyster.  Sure there are some low income Latino families, but there are a LOT of professionals, embassy staff, NGO employees.  [/quote]

Fits the scrappy diversity narrative. The truth in DC is that most families in DC who "value diversity" are happy if it tips towards embassy staff, NO employees etc. They can have their cake and eat it too. I don't blame them-just think it's humorous when they get super congratulatory about attending a "diverse" school. Yes, in one way. But not in another. If they wanted another they'd bus themselves to some low ses neighborhoods and attend the in bound. Just saying. [/quote]

As a former Oyster parent, this imputation of motives seems weird. We sent our kid to Oyster as our inboundary school. As Spanish speakers, we were delighted it was bi-lingual.  Our kid was friends with kids from many places, ethnicities and SES, although they did tend to skew toward wealthy.  The difference, for me, was that it was a group of parents who worked hard to not take for granted that kids could pay for things and to make sure that everyone could participate equally.  Were they all Mother Theresa?  Of course not, but my consistent experience was that people's heart was in the right place. [/quote]

I agree- current Oyster family. We scrimp to live in bounds with a single parent, because we wanted a school that we could walk to and had a path thru middle school. Friends are diverse- and do range across income levels. We've always felt welcome to the community, and happy to see families engaged from across all walks of life.  We are not hispanic, but bilingual, and that truly does allow us to meet all of hte families. We also have Chinese, Ethiopian and African American families for additional diversity.[/quote]

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