Comments on: Final meeting on Spanish immersion program is Thursday http://extracredit.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/16219/final-meeting-on-spanish-immersion-program-is-thursday/ Daily education news and conversation Thu, 23 May 2013 18:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jennifer http://extracredit.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/16219/final-meeting-on-spanish-immersion-program-is-thursday/comment-page-1/#comment-11219 Jennifer Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:55:44 +0000 http://extracredit.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/?p=16219#comment-11219 I found it interesting that some were complaining there wasn't much of an Hispanic showing at the meetings. Maybe that is because the flyers and calls that went out were in English only. At the school I work at I had to request a Spanish version of the flyer on the meetings so that the Spanish speaking families could have information too. The response was, "Oh! That didn't even occur to me!" The automated call I got at home was in English only as well. I found it interesting that some were complaining there wasn’t much of an Hispanic showing at the meetings. Maybe that is because the flyers and calls that went out were in English only. At the school I work at I had to request a Spanish version of the flyer on the meetings so that the Spanish speaking families could have information too. The response was, “Oh! That didn’t even occur to me!” The automated call I got at home was in English only as well.

]]> By: wangofango http://extracredit.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/16219/final-meeting-on-spanish-immersion-program-is-thursday/comment-page-1/#comment-11170 wangofango Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:06:52 +0000 http://extracredit.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/?p=16219#comment-11170 Final meeting on Spanish immersion program is Thursday. This is the silliest program idea around. Why teach swimming in Spanish? Final meeting on Spanish immersion program is Thursday.

This is the silliest program idea around. Why teach swimming in Spanish?

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