Parent urges board to preserve access for existing dual-language immersion students amid proposed boundary changes
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A parent told the Cache County School Board that moving the Spanish dual-language immersion (DLI) program from Ridgeline to Mountain Crest would make the program less accessible for families who have long committed to the district’s DLI pathway and asked for a transition grace period.
Heather Holmes, a parent from Nibley, told the Cache County School Board during public input that proposed high-school boundary changes and a potential move of the district’s Spanish dual-language immersion (DLI) program would harm families who planned to follow the DLI pathway from Heritage to South Cache and then to Ridgeline.
“My family and others like us are being treated as just numbers,” Holmes said. She described a long-term investment in the program: “We’ve invested 11 years of time, effort, and sacrifices to make this program what it is.”
Holmes said that moving the DLI program to Mountain Crest would make it significantly less accessible to many families in the current Ridgeline boundary. “Right now, my eleventh grader can drive my ninth grader to Ridgeline. But with the change, I would have to drive my now seventh grader to Mountain Crest in two years,” she said, asking the board to consider a grace period so current DLI students could continue at both high schools while the district implements changes.
Board members thanked Holmes for her comments and noted that the public comment opportunity is part of the board’s record. The board did not take action during the meeting on DLI boundaries; Holmes’ remarks were recorded as part of the public input segment and will be part of the ongoing boundary discussion.