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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reality is that Dual Language Program and everything Principal Brann is doing is working. People complain about older staff leaving? Good riddance! All you parents complaining about the school? You are part of the problem! Parents that don't see the value in another language are definitely part of the problem. If it negatively affected test scores is one thing. The crazy thing is it not only did not affect them negatively, test scores have risen! The more of you difficult parents leave, the better the test scores of the school become. The more of you leave, the less I see bullying in the school. The big problem Chisolm had has been close minded, stubborn, racist, and angry parents and the more of you leave the better the school becomes. And I hope they do make the middle school happen. Would be great. We need a middle school option that performs better than Elliot Hine and Jefferson, so we can all stop fighting to make it to Basis Middle School on a prayer.[/quote]

This post is deranged. You understand this is a public school, right? You are part of a public school system. And the PP is right -- most of the opposition to moving to all-immersion came from IB black families and the support for immersion is mostly coming from white families. So accusing the anti-immersion folks of racism is weird -- it's just different education priorities and not all families view a second language as an asset, especially if they don't speak that language, don't feel they can support it at home, and worry it will impact other academics negatively. These aren't crazy (or racist) concerns.

But okay, the shift happened. Now suddenly everyone is mad there isn't already an immersion middle on the Hill? What? Did you just learn this or something? All three Hill middles are improving and Jefferson is even looking into building out their Spanish program because of Chisolm, but this is not good enough and now you need your own middle? The entitlement here is intense. Do you understand that it is not the primary goal of DCPS to make sure your specific child is fluent in Spanish? That there may be other goals (and other children) that need to be served by the district?

And your final statement about how you need a dedicated immersion middle so you can "stop fighting to make it to Basis Middle School on a prayer" is especially bizarre because Basis is not that desirable of an option for immersion students -- foreign language is just not the focus of the school and people often complain about the options available and the lack of options for more advanced language classes in middle school. If immersion is important to you, why would Basis be your "prayer" option anyway?

Rather, you sound like an entitled and wealthy white or AAPI parent who likes immersion at Chisolm specifically because it will drive away poor and black families, and your real goal is a school that is majority white and majority UMC or wealthy. This is also why you view EH and Jefferson as "not good enough" even though both schools are improving, and why you view Basis as a sensible option for students going through an immersion elementary -- it's not really about the programming, it's about demographics. You live in a diverse city, in a majority black neighborhood, but you're mad that the district has not provided you with a majority white school path full of upper income families so your children can have the "right" peers.

Did I get that right?[/quote]

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