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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm critical of MCPS for a lot of reasons, but it is not a knock on MCPS that Latin is not widely offered in all high schools. It's a dead language and only a niche portion of students are going to have the interest that warrants dedicated courses and instruction for it.[/quote]

Maybe, but if they’re going to offer it at one school, why not offer it more widely? Based on this thread, it’s only offered at WJ, and will not be offered anywhere in the DCC as of next year. I think MCPS should have standard language offerings at all schools, with opportunities (virtual instruction?) to take other languages open to all, not just a few. [/quote]
It's a dead language. It should be only offered where there is enough interest.[/quote]

It’s a language that is one of the roots of many modern languages and is part of the vocabulary of many sciences. Study of Latin also involves exposure to the historic background of the language. It can be very useful and worthwhile for speakers of English to study Latin. 
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That's nice, but this is a very clear supply and demand issue. If you don't have a lot of students demanding the course, why SHOULD MCPS expend resources looking for teachers to staff a course with low enrollment???[/quote]

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