Mandarin Immersion Parents Council

Yesterday we reported that we had no information about how the Mandarin immersion program would be handled within the new middle school plan.  Upon closer inspection, the school district’s presentation on the subject does give some information about this.  The answer was on the 40th slide of their giant powerpoint deck (you need to scroll down to the bottom of page 20 to see it).  Here it is…

So it does appear that the school district plans to create two new Mandarin immersion middle school programs: one at Aptos middle school, and one at Horace Mann middle school.  It also intends to establish six Cantonese programs in addition to the three already in existence.  It  seems that while San Francisco will expand it’s Mandarin presence, it will also remain a stronghold of Cantonese language education and traditions.

To get more information about the San Francisco school district’s new school assignment plans, click here.