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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Design team member here - another thing that came up is that the language pathway will only be Chinese. Not other less-taught languages. [b]Is there a need/desire for Chinese across all six regions?[/b]

But if you thought the global language program pathway might give your child access to Italian or German or ASL or Arabic. Nope. [/quote]

I doubt it.[/quote]

Note the Chinese programs all require the kids to have taken Chinese in middle school, which is only available at:

Cabin John MS (FARMS: 12%)
Hallie Wells MS (FARMS: 19%)
Herbert Hoover MS (FARMS: 12%)
Julius West MS (FARMS: 39%)
Robert Frost MS (FARMS: 16%)
Thomas Pyle MS (FARMS: 6%)
Tilden MS (FARMS: 24%)

Every one of these schools has a lower FARMS rate than the total middle school FARMS rate for MCPS which is 43%. I think it is great to offer these pathways at schools with large populations of Chinese Americans but to only be serving them and the relatively wealthy populations at those schools is a questionable approach. 
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