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Parents, staff and students urge board to halt district proposal that would alter Alice Fong Yu immersion composition
Summary
Dozens of Alice Fong Yu parents and school leaders told the San Francisco Board of Education that a district proposal allowing up to two‑thirds Cantonese‑proficient incoming kindergartners would undermine the school's Chinese immersion mission, reduce ethnic diversity and proceed without consistent language‑proficiency testing; the board referred the matter to the curriculum committee for Jan. 18.
Dozens of parents and school leaders from Alice Fong Yu urged the San Francisco Board of Education on Jan. 10 to drop a district proposal that would permit up to two‑thirds of incoming kindergartners to be Cantonese‑proficient English learners.
"How can an immersion program be successful with a two‑thirds EL population?" asked Deborah Kwan, identified as president of the AFY Parents Association, arguing that immersion requires most students to be non‑native in the target language. Parents and school site council members repeatedly warned that making a majority…
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