For kids who have already taken several years of Chinese, are they just supposed to start over with a new language? My kids currently take Chinese at Deal, and I’m concerned it will be cut in the future, whether at Deal or Jackson-Reed. What do these schools expect kids on the Mandarin language track to do when their language gets cut?

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Anonymous wrote:Not language, but my ES is losing 2 science teachers. These budget cuts are very disappointing.

Your elementary has two dedicated science teachers? Where is this? I've never heard of that.

I wish my ES school would cut our language class (waste of time and kids have learned nothing in the many years we've been there) and have a Science teacher instead!!!

+1. My oldest (upper elementary) informed me last week that "we don't do science." Since Covid, she's also had one year of Spanish, one year of nothing, and now one year of a different language, which seems ... not helpful?

Italian is nuts (as is keeping Latin- a dead language)

Anonymous wrote:Hardy Middle in Ward 2 cut Mandarin but kept Spanish and Italian.

Madness. 1.8 billion Chinese in the next superpower and they kept...Italian? Where's the vision on DCPS' part?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not language, but my ES is losing 2 science teachers. These budget cuts are very disappointing.

Your elementary has two dedicated science teachers? Where is this? I've never heard of that.

I wish my ES school would cut our language class (waste of time and kids have learned nothing in the many years we've been there) and have a Science teacher instead!!!

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Agree. But OP is asking about HS and cutting FL at that level is concerning.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not language, but my ES is losing 2 science teachers. These budget cuts are very disappointing.

Your elementary has two dedicated science teachers? Where is this? I've never heard of that.

I wish my ES school would cut our language class (waste of time and kids have learned nothing in the many years we've been there) and have a Science teacher instead!!!

Anonymous wrote:Not language, but my ES is losing 2 science teachers. These budget cuts are very disappointing.

Your elementary has two dedicated science teachers? Where is this? I've never heard of that.

Hardy Middle in Ward 2 cut Mandarin but kept Spanish and Italian.

Anonymous wrote:Everywhere but Ward 3.

Good try, but you failed. Ward 3 is suffering the same cuts.

Duolingo mis bebes

Not language, but my ES is losing 2 science teachers. These budget cuts are very disappointing.

I believe Mandarin and Italian.

Everywhere but Ward 3.

Wait, what languages? Where?

DCPS is cutting some language offerings at the high school level. Does anyone have ideas on alternative options? Any online options that schools would accept for credit?