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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with the previous posters who say charters are only attended by kids whose parents self-selected in. I know of many families at MANY charters who chose the charter without looking at it, thinking about it, or investigating it simply because it was near their house or near a care-provider's location. [b]You would be amazed at how many families at  language immersion schools have no idea their kid is learning chinese in an immersion model or french or spanish at LAMB or Elsie Whitlow Stokes.[/b] [/quote]

Shenanigans.

At least with respect to YY, I defy you to produce any parent unaware that their child is learning Mandarin in an immersion model.  Not possible, period.  The entire PreK year is full immersion Chinese, no English whatsoever.  Any child who enters the school after PreK gets in from the WL, and to be at the top of the WL, you probably camped out at the school the day the lottery opened.  Furthermore, the child has to attend the summer camp prior to entering, which will include Chinese and plenty of conversation with you, the parent, about Chinese immersion.

I cannot speak with authority to the experiences at other charter language immersion schools. However, through my friendship with parents at LAMB and MV, I find the claim regarding those schools to be equally dubious.

I could believe there are parents with children at several of DCPS's language programs who are unaware of the specifics of those immersion models.  Your claim regarding the charters however, is ridiculous.  [/quote]

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