Parents and a student urge board to preserve in‑person Chinese program at Merritts Ridge
Parents and a student told the Howard County Board of Education they want the Merritts Ridge Chinese world‑language pathway kept as an in‑person honors sequence and scheduled so students can still participate in band and orchestra.
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Parent Scott Colburn urged the Board of Education to preserve and strengthen the Chinese language program that feeds Merritts Ridge High School, saying parents and students face repeated scheduling conflicts and uncertainty about whether honors coursework will be offered by a live teacher or only via distance learning. "It's something that I think as a county... we need to take a step back and really assure, is this the language we wanna pilot as a distance learning program?" Colburn said.
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