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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have they talked to the Head of the Language department?
If there is already a teacher in the school that can do it, it might happen.
Basically, just turning a section of Spanish into a section of Japanese or whatever.

If they are hoping to get the teacher from the other school to drive during the day,
I doubt it.  My DC had a language teacher that drove between schools but that was
because she was part time and she did it for a year to get three principals to give her
a shot at a full time slot the next year.

But what do I know....[/quote]

The odds that the Spanish teacher just happens to be certified to teach Japanese are slight, so there's nothing basic about turning a section of one language into a section of another.

Plus it's one section this year, but next year it will be two, unless you expect them to do this just for your cohort, and even if there are enough students to make a whole section this year, that doesn't mean you won't lose some before graduation.  Does the school then have a commitment to continue to offer 4 years of this language?

Also, what if the Spanish/Japanese teacher quits?  That won't be an easy position to fill!

I'm not saying don't advocate for this, but I wouldn't be too optimistic.  It's tricky.  [/quote]

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