Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 23:59     Subject: Rank your top Spanish immersion programs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Will oyster still have in boundary this year?


Yes, of course. This year and next and for the foreseeable future. It is only a minority of the Oyster Adams community that would like to change things; the majority (and DCPS) are pretty happy to maintain such a successful and diverse model.


How can this be true if it is majority out of boundary to begin with that a majority of the school prizes the in boundary set up for a specialized school?


Because a majority of those OOB families want their kids to attend a school in a nice, affluent area...not in the hood. You can't remove the boundaries and leave Woodley Park without a neighborhood school. Oyster has been bilingual and on that same corner for over 40 years--nothing major is changing with those boundaries anytime soon. Plus, if there were no boundaries, those parents would still have to travel to WP to attend the school. The real reason some people want Oyster's boundaries abolished is that they resent that affluent families can buy their way into the neighborhood/school. In a word: envy.


Sounds like a dream community to join from you post! Great advertisement for it, really!
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 23:23     Subject: Rank your top Spanish immersion programs
1. Mundo Verde
2. Lamb
3. Oyster
4. Stokes
5. Bancroft
(would then go non-immersion)
6. Marie Reed
7. DC Bilingual
8. Powell
9. Cleveland

My child is at Mundo Verde, and there is absolutely nowhere I would prefer.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 23:19     Subject: Rank your top Spanish immersion programs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Will oyster still have in boundary this year?


Yes, of course. This year and next and for the foreseeable future. It is only a minority of the Oyster Adams community that would like to change things; the majority (and DCPS) are pretty happy to maintain such a successful and diverse model.


How can this be true if it is majority out of boundary to begin with that a majority of the school prizes the in boundary set up for a specialized school?


Because a majority of those OOB families want their kids to attend a school in a nice, affluent area...not in the hood. You can't remove the boundaries and leave Woodley Park without a neighborhood school. Oyster has been bilingual and on that same corner for over 40 years--nothing major is changing with those boundaries anytime soon. Plus, if there were no boundaries, those parents would still have to travel to WP to attend the school. The real reason some people want Oyster's boundaries abolished is that they resent that affluent families can buy their way into the neighborhood/school. In a word: envy.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 23:06     Subject: Rank your top Spanish immersion programs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why MV above LAMB?

An honest question, i have been to a LAMB open house last year, but don't know as much about MV yet as haven't been to an open house this year. Is it location for you? Or the program specifically?


Not OP but I would place MV over LAMB b/c Montessori would not work for my child.


Same here
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 23:01     Subject: Rank your top Spanish immersion programs
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Will oyster still have in boundary this year?


Yes, of course. This year and next and for the foreseeable future. It is only a minority of the Oyster Adams community that would like to change things; the majority (and DCPS) are pretty happy to maintain such a successful and diverse model.


How can this be true if it is majority out of boundary to begin with that a majority of the school prizes the in boundary set up for a specialized school?
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 22:34     Subject: Rank your top Spanish immersion programs
^^ exactly. a lottery does not equity make.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 22:28     Subject: Re:Rank your top Spanish immersion programs
It seems silly to rank these since my kid has almost no chance of getting into any of them. The lottery is like a blind man throwing darts and hoping one actually lands somewhere on the board.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 22:20     Subject: Rank your top Spanish immersion programs
Anonymous wrote:Will oyster still have in boundary this year?


Yes, of course. This year and next and for the foreseeable future. It is only a minority of the Oyster Adams community that would like to change things; the majority (and DCPS) are pretty happy to maintain such a successful and diverse model.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 21:01     Subject: Rank your top Spanish immersion programs
Will oyster still have in boundary this year?
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 19:41     Subject: Rank your top Spanish immersion programs
Anonymous wrote:Why MV above LAMB?

An honest question, i have been to a LAMB open house last year, but don't know as much about MV yet as haven't been to an open house this year. Is it location for you? Or the program specifically?


Not OP but I would place MV over LAMB b/c Montessori would not work for my child.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 19:39     Subject: Re:Rank your top Spanish immersion programs
No, EL Haynes does not have Spanish immersion. However prepare for the EL Haynes hater to come on soon and start making nonsensical posts about it...3...2...1...
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 19:23     Subject: Rank your top Spanish immersion programs
Anonymous wrote:EL Haynes Spanish immersion?


No,
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 18:59     Subject: Rank your top Spanish immersion programs
EL Haynes Spanish immersion?
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 18:39     Subject: Rank your top Spanish immersion programs
Why MV above LAMB?

An honest question, i have been to a LAMB open house last year, but don't know as much about MV yet as haven't been to an open house this year. Is it location for you? Or the program specifically?
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2013 18:27     Subject: Rank your top Spanish immersion programs

1 .Oyster
2. Mundo Verde
3. Lamb
4. Powell
5. Stokes
6. EL-Hayes