BOE thumbs up on Mandarin Immerision

Thanks to Eric for posting the BOE resolution supporting on immerision programs in the comment section of this article. After 20+ oh-so-important "WHERAS"s, the punchline is:

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of Education of the San Francisco Unified School District is fully committed to expanding and strengthening Mandarin and other language immersion programs and other language programs in our District and supporting the language needs of underserved immigrant communities; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the District will continue to support the education and welfare of families with children in existing elementary level immersion programs by providing adequate expansion of these programs into the upper grades, specifically for students graduating from K-5 schools; and...

Read the whole enchillada here. There are even a few more RESOLVEDs in there. W00t!

At the same time comes news that there were enrollment SNAFUs at the brand new immersion program at Marshall ES. Anyone interested in enrolling their child in a Mandarin immersion Kindergarten should contact EPC.