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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another place money could be saved: FLES teachers[/quote]

Oh now the Rs are out in full force.
Where in Fairfax would parents ever say "oh they cut Spanish at my kid's school" & the majority would be happy?[/quote]

What do you have against Spanish language that you singled it out? Because FCPS offers FLES/LTC programs in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.

[b]And, what do Republicans have to do with your ignorance?[/b] [/quote]

Because Republicans are the ones who want to cut everything in the name of "taxpayers".[/quote]

And why is taxpayers in quotes? They are the source of the funding. Or in your world does money grow on trees?[/quote]

FLES is a "nice to have" program that achieves little.  Kids are not going to learn a foreign language through FLES.  With budget woes and so many children who need so much else, that could easily be cut.  [/quote]

My kids had Chinese one year and Spanish the next year. Everyone was all excited because they thought Spanish would be far more useful than Chinese, but the teacher and the fake immersion format have been horrible. Huge waste of time. I'd rather they have more art or library time.[/quote]

Fascinating—given that this is not even offered in my kid’s school, I had assumed the PTA paid for these teachers.  Had no idea it was county funding.  Would sure be nice if this were not yet another inequity in the county.  (Although I do NOT think the inequality should be solved by cutting the program where it exists!)[/quote]

Count yourself lucky. The county actually did research on the effectiveness and students who went through FLES in a language didn't perform any better in the language during middle/high school than students which were brand new to it. 
 
But all sorts get sloppy over How Cool It Is That Our Darlings (aren't) Learning A Language In ES so of course the students are still sitting in the classroom bored, pretending to learn all over again how to say "hi" to their teacher instead of being out on the playground.[/quote]

stfu. this has nothing to do with bonds.[/quote]

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