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Manchester School Committee moves forward with French immersion program
Summary
The Manchester School Committee approved a recommendation to launch a French immersion program beginning with kindergarten next fall; the board did not specify which elementary will host the program and received a $5,000 community matching pledge from the Franco American Center.
The Manchester School Committee on Jan. 13 approved a recommendation to launch a French dual‑language immersion program beginning with kindergarten next fall.
Committee members voted to move the proposal forward after discussion about school capacity and program logistics. The committee packet suggests Webster Elementary as the proposed launch site, but board members and staff emphasized that the final school assignment was not yet set. “It doesn’t specifically lay out which elementary school this program will be headed to in…
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