Does College Gardens Elementary School in Rockville offer Chinese instruction? It might be through the pre-IB program...

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/collegegardenses/ibpyp/

Might be worth checking.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are ride or die Chinese immersion, the only way to guarantee it would be to move in-bounds for Potomac. They basically run a single-school program that is open to the "lottery" for show only.

As for CES, it's a lottery of qualified students. I would not assume any child would get in because there is a luck element.

I appreciate the information. The Potomac ES district is so small and has limited housing

Correct. The way I understand it is this: Other immersion programs run lotteries that are county-wide, but Potomac first fills the Chinese immersion classes internally, and then runs a lottery IF there are spots remaining.

Anonymous wrote:If you are ride or die Chinese immersion, the only way to guarantee it would be to move in-bounds for Potomac. They basically run a single-school program that is open to the "lottery" for show only.

As for CES, it's a lottery of qualified students. I would not assume any child would get in because there is a luck element.

I appreciate the information. The Potomac ES district is so small and has limited housing

If you are ride or die Chinese immersion, the only way to guarantee it would be to move in-bounds for Potomac. They basically run a single-school program that is open to the "lottery" for show only.

As for CES, it's a lottery of qualified students. I would not assume any child would get in because there is a luck element.

Anonymous wrote:If you move into Potomac ES boundaries, you will automatically get a spot.

Thanks! I couldn’t find any rental within that school district, it seems people have to buy a house to guarantee a spot. I called mcps and they said all applicants in Montgomery county has the same chance otherwise it’s shady. But I called Potomac ES; they said living in the district has better chance.

Should DD do immersion or CES?

If you move into Potomac ES boundaries, you will automatically get a spot.

We’re moving to dc suburb from MA and looking to enroll our kid in kindergarten with a Chinese immersion program this year. I heard that the programs in Potomac and Rockville program both received lots of applications and have really low acceptance rates. The lottery opens for all students in Montgomery county. But I couldn’t get the statistics of the pool size and enrollment number. Do be they prioritize students in the home school district when enrolling? Does anyone know how much chance for a student gets in the kindergarten program through lottery? Thanks!