The school board confirmed that our French program is here to stay. I am truly stunned by the outcome and know this belongs entirely to the 310 people who spoke up for our community. Please keep an eye on the upcoming school board meetings to ensure these promises hold firm.
May 10, 2013
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Reached 250 supporters
February 14, 2013
Reached 100 supporters
February 2, 2013
January 31, 2013
Seeing the count climb toward one hundred signers is absolutely overwhelming because I truly never imagined this level of interest. It is all of you pushing this message forward that keeps me going. If you could send the link to just one other person right now we might finally hit that goal together.
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This is ridiculous. The school board needs to listen to the parents and keep the French track.
My kids have worked so hard in this program. Switching to Spanish now just doesnt make any sense at all.
The French program is why we moved to this neighborhood. This is so unfair to the families already enrolled.
KEEP FRENCH!!! Stop messing with the curriculum and let the kids finish what they started.
Seriously? The French program is awesome and unique. Why ruin a good thing that is actually working???
I am going to quote from Language Stars learning centers because their posted facts illustrate perfectly the importance of keeping children's language learning options open: "With 120 million speakers worldwide, French is one of the six official languages of the United Nations, one of the three official languages of the European Commission, and is spoken on every continent. French is the second most studied language in the world after English. And looking ahead to future career opportunities, 2,800 French companies in the U.S. employ approximately 550,000 Americans. Similarly, U.S. companies employ nearly 650,000 people in France. Among foreign countries doing business in the U.S., France employs the third largest number of Americans." Please don't close this "door to the world" for the students at Herndon Elementary.
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The school board confirmed that our French program is here to stay. I am truly stunned by the outcome and know this belongs entirely to the 310 people who spoke up for our community. Please keep an eye on the upcoming school board meetings to ensure these promises hold firm.
May 10, 2013
Final supporters
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
February 14, 2013
Reached 100 supporters
February 2, 2013
January 31, 2013
Seeing the count climb toward one hundred signers is absolutely overwhelming because I truly never imagined this level of interest. It is all of you pushing this message forward that keeps me going. If you could send the link to just one other person right now we might finally hit that goal together.
7 Comments
Waste of money to change it now. Leave it alone.
This is ridiculous. The school board needs to listen to the parents and keep the French track.
My kids have worked so hard in this program. Switching to Spanish now just doesnt make any sense at all.
The French program is why we moved to this neighborhood. This is so unfair to the families already enrolled.
KEEP FRENCH!!! Stop messing with the curriculum and let the kids finish what they started.
Seriously? The French program is awesome and unique. Why ruin a good thing that is actually working???
I am going to quote from Language Stars learning centers because their posted facts illustrate perfectly the importance of keeping children's language learning options open: "With 120 million speakers worldwide, French is one of the six official languages of the United Nations, one of the three official languages of the European Commission, and is spoken on every continent. French is the second most studied language in the world after English. And looking ahead to future career opportunities, 2,800 French companies in the U.S. employ approximately 550,000 Americans. Similarly, U.S. companies employ nearly 650,000 people in France. Among foreign countries doing business in the U.S., France employs the third largest number of Americans." Please don't close this "door to the world" for the students at Herndon Elementary.
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Waste of money to change it now. Leave it alone.