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Parents and teachers urge board to preserve Hellgate French, district Arabic program amid cuts
Summary
Multiple public commenters, including long‑time teachers and community volunteers, told the Missoula County Public Schools board they are alarmed by recent reductions to Hellgate High School’s French offerings and cuts to Arabic at Sentinel, saying hosting and exchange components were canceled and training/resources are outdated.
Several longtime teachers and community members appealed directly to the Missoula County Public Schools board on language‑program cuts, warning that recent administrative decisions are damaging established French and Arabic offerings.
"It appears that the Hellgate principal is conducting a calculated, egregious, and perhaps vindictive dismantling of a French program that has been strong since the nineteen—," Peggy Patrick, a 34‑year district teacher, told the board. Patrick described a family‑stay hosting program scheduled for January that she said was pulled just before…
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