Over and under subscribed schools
The EPC has released preliminary data on enrollment requests for the 08-09 year. I've gone ahead and converted the data to spreadsheet I will post it here soon. Unfortunately, when I convereted to published PDF document, the data showing how many first choice requests each school received was garbled. I'll work on fixing that.
Using the total request data and the stated capacity of each school, I am able to compute ratio of reuests to open seats. This is a decent measure of which schools are hardest (or easiest) to get into, and is offered here in the hopes that it will help families working throug the Round 2 process to find a suitable assignment for this child.
It is true that many of the schools on the over subscribed list are the well known "trophy" schools. But it is nice to see so many new names on this list. It may not be happy news to the families applying to these programs, but it is a healthy sign for the district that more schools are gaining favorable reputations.
20 Most Over Subscribed Schools
Using the total request data and the stated capacity of each school, I am able to compute ratio of reuests to open seats. This is a decent measure of which schools are hardest (or easiest) to get into, and is offered here in the hopes that it will help families working throug the Round 2 process to find a suitable assignment for this child.
It is true that many of the schools on the over subscribed list are the well known "trophy" schools. But it is nice to see so many new names on this list. It may not be happy news to the families applying to these programs, but it is a healthy sign for the district that more schools are gaining favorable reputations.
20 Most Over Subscribed Schools
- Clarendon
- Rooftop
- West Portal
- Alvarado, SN
- West Portal, CN
- Lawton
- Clarendon, JBBP
- Claire Lilienthal
- Alvarado
- Sherman
- Alice Fong Yu, CN
- Grattan
- Monroe
- Miraloma
- Alamo
- Sutro
- Leonard R. Flynn, SN
- Buena Vista, SN
- Claire Lilienthal, KN
- Dianne Feinstein
- Jean Parker, CB
- George R. Moscone, CB
- Jose Ortega, CB
- Bret Harte, SB
- Malcolm X, K
- Bessie Carmichael / Fec, FB
- Marina, 6, CN
- Paul Revere, 6
- Carmichael, 6
- BV Essential High School, 9
- Daniel Webster, CB
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5 Comments:
Those bilingual programs aren't the ones for your English-speaking kid to learn Chinese, but for limited-English kids -- one of the various types of programs, of which I don't know all the ins and outs.
That's not necessarily true. The Bilingual programs are for English speaking children. Instead of the 'immersion' program which teaches the class in the alternative language for 70-95% of the day(Cantonese, Spanish, etc.), the 'Bilingual' program mixes culture and a bit of language into the curriculum. I went to the Clarendon JBBP (Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program) as a youth and toured there a few months back and I know they teach the entire day in English and they incorporate Japanese culture by discussing Japanese holidays, participate in the Japanese community events like the Cherry Blossom festival, and also dedicate a portion of the day to learning the Japanese language.
I hope that helps clarify because the Bilingual program at Clarendon and Rosa Parks is for English speaking children.
Caroline is right. JBBP is different than CB (Chinese Bilingual), SB (Spanish Bilingual) and FB (Filipino Bilingual) which are meant for English language learners. The JBBP program is cultural enrichment open to anyone.
Caroline is more accurate here - the Clarendon and Rosa Parks bilingual/bicultural are "enrichment," but exceptions. The bilingual programs on the blog's underenrolled list serve kids who are already lingual or bilingual in the nonEnglish lang.
The idea is to support kids who might be English Language Learners in their other/home language as well, to create academically bilingual students.
English-only students are not encouraged to take these tracks.
Starr King has a Mandarin (not Cantonese) Immersion program. I believe nearby Daniel Webster has a Cantonese Bilingual program
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