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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On to another topic.  I'm a LAMB parent concerned that the decision by PAs/PTAs, administrators, and boards at the feeder schools to start DCI at 6th grade is short-sighted, because Latin, Basis and some privates begin middle school at 5th.

The problem is this: many parents of 4th graders at the feeders schools are unlikely to feel confident enough about the new feeder to refrain from putting their kids' names into the Latin and Basis lotteries.  If they get in, many, if not most, will go.  They will have mixed feelings of losing that final year of language immersion, but since they need a quality MS, their children probably won't end up at DCI.

You've got Latin probably planning to move to a closed ES school campus in Fort Totten next summer.  If this move takes place, some of the NW (Tenley Town, Cleveland Park, Friendship Heights etc.) parents are threatening to pull out for Deal, possibly opening up spots at Latin.  Latin takes replacement kids for dropouts from 6th to 8th.  With so many Hill kids at the feeders, particularly YY, and Fort Totten being a lot closer to them than the current Latin location, read the writing on the wall.

I don't understand why the feeder schools don't think in terms of a final year of immersion language at DCI to keep many of the families who would otherwise head to Basis and Latin.  Seems like the practical solution under circumstances that are much less than ideal.

[b]Any views on this situation?[/b]

Yes. Talk to your administration.  The DCI will be a high-quality bridge from ES to MS/HS that continues the immersion experience.  That's the whole point: an entire bilingual experience culminating in competitive pre-college offerings that allow the students to complete the IB Diploma (internationally recognized as the best pre-University program in the U.S. and worldwide).

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