Chief Academic Officer Patty Hebert briefed the Lynn School Committee on Feb. 27 about the district's rollout of Rosetta Stone language-learning licenses.

Hebert said 29 schools currently have a license and that usage has increased since the program's phased rollout. The most frequently used languages across the district are English and Spanish; other languages with activity include Latin, Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Khmer. She said pre-kindergarten classes had not logged usage yet but that supports were in place to expand access to younger students.

Hebert described next steps: conduct district-wide surveys of families, students and staff to collect formal feedback; work with the data center to link Rosetta Stone usage to instructional outcomes such as MCAS and ACCESS where possible; and work with multilingual/EL teams to ensure required practice hours for English learners are supported. She said the Rosetta Stone platform does not easily produce student-level analytics without manual input, and the district is exploring whether its data tools (OpenArchitects/data center) can better integrate usage reports.

Committee members asked about metrics of success and languages offered; Ms. Hebert said a formal evaluation will take time and that the first-year focus was broad implementation and increasing student engagement with the tool. The committee did not take formal action on the program that evening.