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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The above may be true, but I think it is well documented that families who can navigate a lottery system and support bilingual learning are not representative of the city as a whole.[/quote]

Bilingual learning is a niche area in education in this country.  It is not meant to represent the majority.  Bilingual and a good IB diploma program in FCPS isn’t representative of NoVA and in MCPS isn’t representative of Montgomery county either.  In fact, show me a bilingual and IB diploma program that is representative of any major school district in this country.  Now if you look at Europe where the majority of its citizens are bilingual or multilingual, that’s another story.

Also around 75% of the kids in this city aren’t even on grade level with basic ELA and math.  I would never put my child in an immersion or bilingual program if he was struggling in basic English stuff.  Just common sense.

BTW, data in the city shows that the ward with the highest percentage of kids going to charters and OOB DCPS schools are from ward 7 and 8 so lots of families from all wards navigating and playing the lottery but especially 7 and 8.

If you don’t want a specialty track, go with the traditional middle/high school track option.

Just because the majority of kids in the city are not bilingual and going for an IB diploma doesn’t diminish the fact that it’s accessible to all in the city thru the lottery.  It also doesn’t diminish the accomplishments of the current graduating kids at DCI.

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It is a lottery to get into the school. Maybe they should increase the size of the school so more have the opportunity to attend?[/quote]

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