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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't believe it. More and more US colleges teach Mandarin, including writing to Chinese immigrants and ABCs who already speak well. There are bright sparks in their 30s around the country who are well-qualified and would come to DC for the adventure of running YY for what they're paying.  Oyster-Adams just hired a 28 year old newbie principal.  [/quote]

YY parent here. You are suggesting that we fire the head of school just so that we can recruit a newbie principal who's looking for an adventure? Um, no. While I would like to see Chinese admins at some point, I'm much more interested in continuity of operations at this point, thanks very much. 
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Think about it, you're clamoring to keep admins who run an immersion language school without a firm grasp of the language or culture being taught on the assumption that nobody on the planet could do a better job (despite the fact that around 1.7 billion speak the language in question). I speak decent Italian. If this set-up were found at an Italian public immersion ES, I'd use my favorite Italian word for ridiculous and stay away. [/quote]

Where did anyone say no one on the planet could do it better?  The point is it's not a change you make when things are going well.  And neither you or anyone else who's posted so far has proven that the rising 6th graders have poor Mandarin language skills and no grasp on culture.  What matters most is what's being delivered to students on a daily basis.  It is a feat to set up and run a structure where a school that delivers what YY does does it this well today.  You only risk putting the school in new hands if there is something key the kids aren't getting.  Where is your proof of that and that all the risks of changing leadership are worth it?  No one in any thread I've read here criticizing the current Admins can point to what dramatic, guaranteed changes to what hAppens in the classrooms will come from this change.  Which means... So far it would be crazy to replace her.[/quote]

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