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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope[/quote]

I didn't know that she didn't speak Chinese when I went to an info night and, so, made the critical mistake of asking her a question in Mandarin during a break (must have been thinking in Chinese at the time).  After she snapped "speak English!" at me in front of other parents, we left early.

Sorry, but ethnic Chinese families do tend to care that the principal isn't Chinese and doesn't speak Chinese.  But then her non-Chinese speaking leadership does seem to be what the great majority of YY parents, at least those I've talked to, want.  So they continue to get it and that's that.  Nothing you can do as an outsider but look for another ES option, and get your kid to heritage Chinese lessons and/or an immersion school in the burbs.  No shortage of either for the determined, things work out.

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So please move to the 'burbs and/or get "your kid to heritage Chinese lessons" and immersion school there. Your attitude is precisely why we would never dream of send our non ethnic Chinese kid to a heritage Chinese school even though we want them to learn Chinese.  Snotty, exclusive and non-diverse racially with an attitude about being ABCs - not exactly welcoming to others.

Yu Ying is VERY diverse and accepting of differences: the only commonality being the kids are there to learn Mandarin.  You and your family won't fit in.[/quote]

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