We, the undersigned, represent current and former YWLA Fort Worth students, parents, teachers, and supporters. We respectfully demand that FWISD AND YWLA ADMINISTRATION: (1) REVERSE ITS DECISION TO DISSOLVE CHINESE MANDARIN as a foreign language option, a long-standing and unique curriculum option to YWLA since its inception in 2011, and (2) REVERSE THE REMOVAL OF MS. HSIANG-YIN "ALICE" CHEN as an educator.

According to the FBI.gov, "the counterintelligence and economic espionage efforts emanating from the government of China and the Chinese Communist Party are a grave threat to the economic well-being and democratic values of the United States." Through its Mandarin Chinese courses under the tutelage of Ms. Chen, YWLA is in an incredibly powerful position of preparing young women to become fluent in a foreign language that can lead to influential careers in the US government and intelligence agencies, allowing them to directly compete with their private school counterparts - both male and female - at the campuses of Fort Worth Country Day and Trinity Valley School, and to compete nationwide for coveted acceptances to the very top universities in the US and beyond.

Families select enrollment at YWLA because of unique curriculum not available at other FWISD Schools or Programs of Choice. Preserve what makes YWLA unique: offering powerful educational opportunities to young women that set them apart from the pack. Preserve Mandarin Chinese as a learning program and Ms. Chen as the educator.