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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a former Adams Morgan resident, the problem with Adams Morgan and Mt. Pleasant schools is that they will always be dominated by the culture of the low-income housing that is IB for the schools.  The distinction that charters offer, is that parents have chosen to enroll.  The default in high-poverty, low education neighborhoods is whatever is easy.  This will always plague Bancroft (and HD Cooke, and Marie Reed, etc. etc. etc.).  You can lament the lack of &quot;authentic Spanish speakers&quot; all you like.  In truth however, the presence of &quot;authentic Spanish speakers&quot; at DCPS &quot;bilingual&quot; schools is by default, not by design.  It's a bait and switch, designed to lure higher SES families in, to improve the scores and standing of a low-performing school.  There's no genuine bilingual programming - it's basically ESL for all.

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I don't understand this concept of default vs. design.

That charter mapping tool up thread shows that the majority of current MV students live within walking distance of the current location. These are the same apartment buildings that supply the DCPS schools. So the latinos who attend MV likely have the same education and income demographics as those who attend the dual language DCPS schools. Unless you think that the hispanics who attend MV are all children of Spanish embassy workers? Listen out for the vosotros tense on the playground and report back.

BTW, you need to enter a lottery to enter the dual language DCPS schools at PK3/4, so it's equally as intentional an act as attending a charter. Again, I don't get the &quot;chosen to enroll&quot; piece.

From the research I've done, I believe that those dual language DCPS schools do the same kind of intentional, planned bilingual education as the dual language charters, staffed appropriately with Spanish-native teachers. They just do it with a higher FARM percentage. Which I suspect is your real issue. If you don't want to send your kids to a school with a FARM percentage above a certain level, that's your choice, but it's wrong to suggest that just because some of these schools have a lot of latinos IB, that the dual language programming is somehow not intentional.

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sorry, current location =&gt; I mean old location
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