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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a joke.  Just a check the box program.[/quote]

Not only is it a joke but it’s about to sink further downhill since the Principal reduced one of the two full-time Spanish teachers to part time next year so the entire school will have only 1.5 Spanish teachers for 900+ kids. They seem to repeat the same material year after year and make little progress. If there is little information on the website it is because the “program” is so anemic. [/quote]

no that was changed back to 2 full time teachers and Lafayette has plenty of specials/ Art, Music, 2-PE classes, Spanish, Library and Peace. [/quote]

I have not seen that the second Spanish position was changed back to a full-time position but even if the program remains the same it does little to teach children Spanish beyond the very basics. Younger kids seem to enjoy the teacher assigned to the lower grades even if they don’t learn much. The technology teacher was also cut a couple of years ago. Some parents love the peace program but others find it useless  and questionable ethically (ex: teacher reportedly telling the children they will get a cookie if they attend her book sale being held at the school). There are other specials similar to other DCPS schools (art, music, etc.) but the OP specifically asked about Spanish. There had been a fantastic and effective Spanish program that ran before school at Lafayette for many years but the principal stopped allowing them to meet a few years ago. [/quote]

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