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[quote=Anonymous][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.[b] "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. [/b]

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]

It's not?  My "little bean" doesn't believe you.[/quote]

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