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PK is not, and hasn’t been in recent years (if ever) at the “discretion of the principal.”  Where did you hear that lie?  DCPS has and will continue to run a lottery for ALL of Oyster’s PK slots.  The principal has absolutely NOTHING to do with who is selected in the initial lottery.  The only discretion she has concerns the wait list.  However, she is supposed to offer spots based on how the wait list is ordered by DCPS.

Off-hand, I can think of at least 4 or 5 families who gained admission to Oyster via the SD lottery, however, no Spanish is spoken in their home.  Those children learned whatever Spanish they acquired from a nanny or preschool.  I also know several native Spanish speaking families (born and raised in Latin America or Spain), where both parents speak Spanish at home, who were ultimately unsuccessful in the SD lottery.  These are well-educated native speakers whose children attended a bilingual preschool along with my ED child.  They have so much more culturally and liPK uistically to offer the Oyster community than the people who were admitted by falsely claiming SD.  So yes, those families indeed had their kid’s seat stolen.  
[/quote]  PK slots are not guaranteed. PS and PK are not compulsory. OOB spots are guaranteed. Period. These are DC regulations. DCPS policy and practice, let the chancellor or a principal can and often do admit any student to any school.

Unlike charters, DCPS can override lottery results. Hate to break your bubble. They obviously don't advertise this policy, but it exists.

Again, PK is not compulsory. DCPS does not legally have to provide it.  But it is policy and practice.

Maybe you should spend less time focusing on other parents' cultural worth (how do you measure that?) and more on enjoying the positives of diversity that seems to be the one thing everyone agrees on. Try not to be to presumptuous or prejudiced.

Like PPs wrote in Spanish, hopefully there will be more constructive discussion.[/quote]

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