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San Mateo‑Foster City presents first Mandarin dual‑language immersion master plan
Summary
District staff presented a Mandarin dual‑language immersion master plan covering preschool through middle school, recommending a 50/50 one‑way model, phased script instruction (traditional to simplified), new thematic curriculum units, expanded outreach, and hiring a Mandarin TOSA to support implementation.
The San Mateo‑Foster City School District on May 22 presented its first Mandarin Dual Language Immersion Master Plan, a district task‑force product that district leaders say will guide programming from preschool through middle school.
Executive Director Aleida Parera Cruz told the board the plan documents 552 students currently enrolled in Mandarin programming in 2023–24, about 364 of them in elementary grades. “As of last year of 2023–24, we had a total of 552 students participating in the Mandarin dual language program from preschool all the way up to eighth grade,” Parera Cruz said, citing demographic and language breakdowns and the task force’s findings.
The task force — 22 members including parents, teachers and administrators, plus…
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