Mandarin Immersion Parents Council

5 responses to “Enrollment request trends for Starr King and Jose Ortega”

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   Wai Yip Tung

   March 16, 2010

   Good to see both school’s enrollment are on an upward trend. For me, the biggest surprise of all, is to see the Chinese Immersion School at De Avila, a brand new school with no prior history, have an enrollment number that beats both Jose Ortega and Starr King.

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      elizabethweise

      March 17, 2010

      It’s not really that surprising. The Chinese Immersion School at De Avila is Cantonese-immersion, not Mandarin-immersion. The vast majority of San Francisco’s Chinese speakers speak Cantonese.
      The District’s current two Cantonese-immersion schools, Alice Fong Yu and West Portal, turn away many students every year. So I think these are families who want Cantonese and for whom there were not enough spaces before.
      Mandarin immersion is new, it’s a much smaller population in San Francisco and for many it doesn’t have the cultural relevance that Cantonese has.

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         Mike Conte

         March 17, 2010

         And don’t forget about DeAvila’s location — much more central than Starr King or Jose Ortega and on a Muni line direct from the Sunset.

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   April Lynch

   March 18, 2010

   Is there any word yet on how or if the district’s new enrollment plans might affect the enrollment process for the immersion programs? I’ve been hunting around for information, but can’t quite tell. Any pointers appreciated!

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      elizabethweise

      March 18, 2010

      The quick answer is that we don’t know.
      Though it does seem as if immersion programs will be considered city-wide and not neighborhood defined. But no one knows for certain. Spanish would be more likely than Chinese to be considered neighborhood based, because there are 8 Spanish elementary programs and only two for Mandarin.

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