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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Terrible.  No french department.  Uninspired teachers. Lots of busy work. Administration is unresponsive.  There is nothing impressive about this school.[/quote]

What grade is your student in?

What do you mean, no French department?  The French teachers all quit and haven't been replaced?  What happens during French classes?
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One quit and one retired in August- not much time to hire in these times.  The second French teacher will start in January after Winter break. They prioritized the existing teacher to French 1 and AP French. The students in French 2/3 have been given some assignments but it took awhile to get going. [b]My DC does Duolingo and we will supplement with an immersion camp this summer[/b]. Honestly, I'm rather glad it was French without a teacher rather than math or science etc.

Interesting comment about school spirit- I thought Homecoming was very well attended and it was nice to see kids from all over the city attend. [/quote]

Ok, this was my question. I know it's not the same as an actual language class but the PP complaining about access to online options for French given the situation confused me because Duolingo is free and easily available and would be an easy way to supplement in the meantime. Depending on level, Duolingo plus a little extra effort (say, reading a novel in French or committing to reading one article a day in Le Monde) would be fine.

Not saying it's good that Walls is scrambling for French teachers but many schools have been struggling to locate math and science teachers, and elementary schools have gone weeks and months without permanent Kindergarten teachers. In comparison to what the rest of the district is dealing with, this just doesn't seem like that big of a deal. A bummer, but a manageable one.[/quote]

Duolingo is not free except for the basics.[/quote]

The free and the paid versions are almost identical except you have to watch ads with the free version.

Sad that Walls can’t teach French and kids have to use Duolingo.  DCPS gets over $830 million a year, right?  Where is the money going?

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