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[quote=Anonymous]Those rowdy kids are in almost every DCPS and charter after 2nd grade.  It's DC!

[quote=Anonymous][b]The bilingual charter schools are overrated anyway.

Really?  By whom?

You sound jealous.  They DO have an MS/HS option, btw.  They all get to go to the DCI - the collective immersion MS/HS which will do the full IB program including the IB Diploma.[/b]

I agree with the PP who thinks that immersion schools are overrated, and not just the charters.  The charters don't support lotteries for bilingual kids, hardly inspirational, and Oyster, which does, has discipline problems.   We pulled out of Oyster after 3rd grade for Sidwell last year because our very bright daughter was no longer getting nearly enough attention - too many rowdy low-income kids in her class distracting teachers (not PC to point this out, just the unvarnished truth).  The planning for DCI is still vague and there aren't any HS charters attracting a sizeable middle-class cohort yet.  Look at how more than 2/3 of the white kids at Wash Latin, where there is little ability grouping despite open lottery admissions, bail before HS.

Many of the immersion kids surely won't end up at DCI - upper-middle-class families still tend to jump ship for privates and the burbs along the way.  My point is take the medium and long-term planning with a grain of salt, if not a bag of salt.  Sure, it may work out as you say, but it may not, these being DC public schools.

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