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Parent and community members ask district to survey interest in reinstating Mandarin classes
Summary
A parent speaker asked the board to approve a fall parent/student survey to assess demand for reintroducing Chinese (Mandarin) at the high school; speaker offered to help craft the survey and said community support and alumni stories demonstrate interest.
A community member requested the Park City School District conduct a parent and student survey in fall 2025 to gauge interest in reinstating a Chinese (Mandarin) language program at the high‑school level.
The speaker, Lauren, said more than 70 signatures had been collected on a petition and that local media coverage included alumni and parents who described benefits of the prior program. Lauren acknowledged scheduling and hiring constraints and did not ask for immediate reinstatement, but urged the board and superintendent to approve a focused survey — potentially targeting feeder schools and the high school — and offered to participate in survey development.
Board action: none at this meeting; the request was recorded. Staff said they would review enrollment patterns and scheduling constraints in the normal planning cycle and indicated the district will consider enrollment data when evaluating course offerings.
The board did not schedule a vote; the speaker requested that the district include the survey in fall planning for the 2025–26 school year.
