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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So glad DCUM people don't make the rules. The blatant racism in this thread is disgusting. For the lady who says that Spanish immigrants can teach her something, my family is from Spain. We're immigrants, though not poor. You don't have to be an impoverished Latin American to be a heritage speaker of a language or intimately attuned to the culture. I'm completely biliterate, always have been. At some point I might have been Spanish dominant and at some point English. The fluidity of this concept is not understood on this forum and people who might mean well are coming off as ignorant. This is why the principal can use her judgment regarding who enters the school. This red-herring of English vs. Spanish dominant is nothing but a ruse. [/quote]

(Not the PP you mention) I agree with the core of what you say, but believe you're confused in a couple of areas. Yes, the principal can use her judgment, but right now she is doing so in contradictory, self-defeating ways. On the one hand, she says we need a perfect 50/50 Spanish to English dominant kids. On the other hand, she doesn't enforce the admissions policies that would make that possible. Let me give you an example -- without too many specifics for obvious reasons. Little Kate just got into K, as her family is in boundary. Next year her family is moving out-boundary to Chevy Chase to get a bigger house for little Kate and her younger sisters Melanie and Zoe. Her parents don't worry much about schooling - they are privy to the "secret" that the principal will not only let Kate continue in Oyster, but will also let Melanie and Zoe in when the time comes.

If judgment is not used wisely and with a clear vision, we end where we are. Complaining about not having enough Spanish dominant kids while having a huge contingent of English dominant kids whose parents happened to live in boundary at some point. And not having enough lottery spots to get more out-boundary Spanish dom kids in the lower grades.  [/quote]

In other words, the principal can either drop the unrealistic 50/50 demographic split --and simply do more immersion in the early grades, as most bilingual schools do -- or stop using her discretion in ways that compound the problem.[/quote]

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