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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CHEC started dual-immersion in HS [u]this year[/u]. CHEC only started doing MS dual-immersion a couple of years ago when founder and principal Tukeva got private funding to go this route. This probably accounts for why DCPS hasn't been shouting it from the rooftops that we "already" have a 6-12 dual-language school. Approval for DCI probably forced DCPS's hand. They have to act like CHEC is the answer to DCI.

But just because a school gets a bunch of grants and changes its PR to say it's dual-immersion or "college prep" or whatever, doesn't make it so. It's not like being International Baccalaureate or Montessori. There are no defined criteria that CHEC has to follow. Tukeva can pretty much keep doing what she feels like doing.

But what happens after or without Tukeva? What if the private funding that funds the model dries up? What if the new charters from established operators like Rocketship siphon off a large number of EotP families?

CHEC sounds like it's trying to be all things to all people.

-boundary school with feeders from bilingual and non-bilingual schools
-citywide "application" high school, but also boundary?
-dual language 6-12 for science and social studies, but no language screening 
-"career" program including cosmetology, construction, and now hospitality
-"early college" program, but low AP pass rates and who knows what 4-year college graduation rates
-on-site daycare for teen parents and Early Childhood Education career program

What are they [u]not [/u]offering at this school?

Oyster-Adams suffers a bit from the all-things-to-all-people syndrome as well. Serious special needs preschool and advanced math in middle school, in-boundary and out of boundary, really high income and really low income, dual immersion but not always two teachers per classroom, etc.

DCPS really needs to get it's stuff together on Spanish immersion. Is there a dual language focus groups involved with the boundary change process? I've asked OBE, but haven't heard anything back.[/quote]

I thought Adams did not have great math and science which is why people leave for Deal?[/quote]

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