Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Dual Language Education topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Parents urge board to keep dual-language program at neighborhood elementary school
Summary
During public comment, parents asked trustees to maintain a dual-language program at their elementary campus, saying early bilingual education provides essential advantages and expressing concern about program changes.
Parents and community members used the public-comment portion of the meeting to ask the board to preserve a dual-language program at a neighborhood elementary campus.
A parent speaker said the district had committed to keeping children in the dual program for at least six years and that early bilingual instruction gives students “a head start.” The speaker said the program provides both STEM and bilingual benefits and asked trustees to keep the program at the elementary school so that students in that attendance area can continue to access multilingual instruction.
The speaker said the group represents about 20 parents who were unable to attend the meeting and asked the board for help maintaining the program at the campus; the comments were submitted as public comment and no formal board vote or action was recorded in the transcript on the request.
The comment was presented during the public-comment portion of the meeting and was recorded as input for trustees’ consideration; no immediate direction or commitment was made on the floor in the provided transcript.
