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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This school exists in PG County.

[url]http://www1.pgcps.org/robertgoddardfrenchimmersion/[/url]

K-8 charter, 500+ students
MD "Green School" certified
Proficiency in the 90s
75% black, 25% FARMs

[url]http://www.greatschools.org/maryland/seabrook/2065-Robert-Goddard-French-Immersion/[/url]

Why not ask them to expand to DC? Just don't use the name Haricots Verts or they will probably ignore you as a joke. (Les toubabous sont dingues. Vraiment. Ils disent rien de quoi.)[/quote]

Is it any worse than "Green World"?[/quote]

Yes. Generally it's not a good idea to refer to children as food products. "Green Beans" in Whole Foods is very different from commercial agriculture green beans produced with migrant labor in Burkina Faso. "Beans" is not a term of endearment for children, let alone middle schoolers.

One wouldn't call a Spanish immersion school Arroz con frijoles or a Japanese school Edamame. Francophone education in general is somewhat formal. Skip the cutesy name unless it's for preschool.

I didn't read the original post suggesting this name, but it seems the person is not part of the francophone diaspora. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Consider a simpler starting name like l'école mondiale and not something "green" unless you know for a fact you can pull that off.[/quote]

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