Save our Mandarin Immersion Program
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The Broadway Mandarin Immersion program is a thriving LAUSD public school program. Because of its success, this program needs more room to grow. Rather than finding a way to support the thriving program by providing it with necessary space, on May 26, 2015 Superintendent Cortines made the unilateral decision to halt construction on a new school and deal with space issues by mandating that our number of incoming kindergarten classes be cut from 4 to 2 beginning in 2016.
This is a crippling blow to the program because it threatens the long-term viability of the Mandarin Immersion program. It is difficult to fill attrition spots after 1st grade because incoming students have to have grade-level Mandarin proficiency. With normal attrition rates, starting with only 2 kinder classes will mean we will end up with only 1 small group of students matriculating to middle school.
Moreover, this program is the only public school Mandarin Immersion program in West Los Angeles and has easily filled four kindergarten classrooms plus a wait list every year. Many families will be turned away if the program is cut in half, and there are no alternative Mandarin programs available to them.
PLEASE SUPPORT MANDARIN IMMERSION FAMILIES AS WE TRY TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION TO KEEP THE PROGRAM AT ITS CURRENT LEVEL OF ENROLLMENT. With so many failing LAUSD schools, it is imperative that Superintendent Cortines and the Board of Education devise a better solution than to cut by half a public school program that is actually working.
Your donations will allow us, Parents for Progressive Education ("PPE"), to hire consultants to help advocate for our students and teachers and to work toward the long term mission of creating a K-12 public education pathway for Mandarin immersion on the Westside of Los Angeles. Any excess funds will go towards Mandarin immersion curriculum for our students.
This is a crippling blow to the program because it threatens the long-term viability of the Mandarin Immersion program. It is difficult to fill attrition spots after 1st grade because incoming students have to have grade-level Mandarin proficiency. With normal attrition rates, starting with only 2 kinder classes will mean we will end up with only 1 small group of students matriculating to middle school.
Moreover, this program is the only public school Mandarin Immersion program in West Los Angeles and has easily filled four kindergarten classrooms plus a wait list every year. Many families will be turned away if the program is cut in half, and there are no alternative Mandarin programs available to them.
PLEASE SUPPORT MANDARIN IMMERSION FAMILIES AS WE TRY TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION TO KEEP THE PROGRAM AT ITS CURRENT LEVEL OF ENROLLMENT. With so many failing LAUSD schools, it is imperative that Superintendent Cortines and the Board of Education devise a better solution than to cut by half a public school program that is actually working.
Your donations will allow us, Parents for Progressive Education ("PPE"), to hire consultants to help advocate for our students and teachers and to work toward the long term mission of creating a K-12 public education pathway for Mandarin immersion on the Westside of Los Angeles. Any excess funds will go towards Mandarin immersion curriculum for our students.
Organizer
Way-Ting Chen
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
