Anonymous wrote:Once you child is in 8th grade, you should be able to secure permission to take German 1 at the High School as long as the child qualifies. You may find yourself providing transportation to and from the school.

If your child is ALREADY taking German, call the MCPS Language office and ask for options.

If I can suggest something, be super respectful and grateful for every little favor. No one takes a job at the central office to deal with irate parents.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Whatever the case, the point is a good one. Don't cancel AP language courses because few high school students sign up. Build and sustain interest from the middle school level. Encourage students to study languages independently, giving them HS credit for passing any AP language exam. DCPS and DCPCS could do all that but don't bother. Ed stakeholders should challenge in our world-class city.

Agree with you that ed stakeholders should challenge much more in our world-class city. Besides with teachers wanting more flexibility (like nearly all other American professionals), there may be options that our city didn't have before -- part-time teachers, teachers shared across schools, remote courses.

Anonymous wrote:why has no one asked why we can't have multivariate calculus in German? I mean, Leibniz invented it!

Anonymous wrote:NP. Whatever the case, the point is a good one. Don't cancel AP language courses because few high school students sign up. Build and sustain interest from the middle school level. Encourage students to study languages independently, giving them HS credit for passing any AP language exam. DCPS and DCPCS could do all that but don't bother. Ed stakeholders should challenge in our world-class city.