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Parents urge District 15 to preserve dual-language pathway after boundary changes
Summary
Multiple parents told the Palatine CCSD 15 board that elementary dual‑language students will lose a clear path to continue Spanish after school boundary changes and asked the district to either offer heritage Spanish at Thomas Jefferson Middle School or guarantee transportation to Plum Grove.
Parents of children in the Jane Addams dual‑language program told the Palatine CCSD 15 Board of Education during public comment that recent boundary changes and program design will break students’ bilingual pathway when they enter middle school.
The parentsasked the board to either add a heritage‑speaker Spanish course at Thomas Jefferson Middle School or guarantee transportation to Plum Grove Middle School, where a continuing Spanish option is offered. “Please help us ensure our children can continue their language journey at their base middle school,” said Michelle Thompson, a parent and dual‑language advocate.
Why it matters: Parents said they committed to a multi‑year dual‑language track when enrolling their children at Jane Addams and…
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