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Parent raises Foreman closure, dual‑language losses; Plano ISD presents multilingual program update
Summary
A parent urged the Plano ISD board to explain replacement of dual-language programs after Foreman Elementary closed; district staff then presented enrollment, program models, and performance trends for dual-language and ESL students, and described steps to strengthen instruction and assessment decisions.
At the Oct. 21 Plano ISD Board meeting, a parent said the closure of Foreman Elementary led to loss of one of the district’s largest dual-language programs and asked how the district will remediate impacts on affected students.
Harper Weaver, who identified himself as a Plano ISD parent, described Foreman as “one of the largest multilingual, bilingual programs” in the district and told trustees that district long-range facility planning recommended closing Foreman without naming a replacement for its dual-language program. Weaver said an earlier announcement that Dooley would host the replacement dual-language program was reversed and that two pre‑K dual-language programs (Foreman and Meadows) were closed; he asked what remediation the district will pursue and raised transportation‑time…
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