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Board directs staff to evaluate piloting Mandarin and other world languages in elementary schools
Summary
The Board voted unanimously to direct the superintendent to begin the program placement process to pilot Mandarin (and other world languages) in elementary schools that feed into middle schools with Mandarin offerings; staff noted the pilot would not be immersion and would be evaluated before any district-wide expansion.
The Board voted to direct the superintendent to begin the program placement process to explore a pilot that would introduce Mandarin and other world-language instruction in elementary schools that feed into middle schools offering Mandarin.
Commissioner Rachel Norton, one of the authors, said the resolution is the beginning of a process to analyze feasibility…
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