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Walnut Creek parents urge pause after Mount Diablo USD moves Bancroft kindergarten dual-immersion program
Summary
Parents and residents told the Walnut Creek City Council that Mount Diablo Unified School District’s immediate move of Bancroft Elementary’s kindergarten dual-immersion program to Woodside creates enrollment uncertainty and sibling separation; they asked the council to request a pause and better family engagement under the California Education Code.
Parents and residents packed the public-comment portion of the Walnut Creek City Council’s Feb. 3 meeting to urge the city to press Mount Diablo Unified School District to halt an immediate relocation of Bancroft Elementary’s kindergarten dual-immersion program.
Elizabeth Silva, a Bancroft parent, told the council that MDUSD announced Jan. 28 it would “immediately phase out the dual immersion program at Bancroft Elementary and move the program to Woodside Elementary,” leaving families “facing enrollment uncertainty” and “sibling separation.” Silva said state law…
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