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Parents press SFUSD to fund Chinese bilingual program at Martin Luther King Middle School for August 2019

Board of Education of the San Francisco Unified School District · May 14, 2019
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Summary

Parents and students urged the board to fulfill a six‑year promise to start a Chinese bilingual pathway at Martin Luther King Middle School, asking immediate district funding to hire bilingual teachers (parents estimated a cost of about $100,000 per teacher).

A group of parents and Chinese‑bilingual students testified that the district promised a middle‑school bilingual pathway years ago and asked the board to provide immediate funding to staff Martin Luther King Middle School (MLK) for August 2019.

Cindy, a parent from E.R. Taylor Elementary School, told…

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