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Our school has decided to phase out German from the curriculum. Instead virtual Chinese and Arabic will be taught in the middle and high school levels along with Spanish. In PA there are minimal language requirements for school districts, and they are within the requirements. I have been asked to find rationale as to why we need to keep the German program. If you have any sites that will lead me to information or can give me any rationale that you may have needed in your own districts, please help me to save our German program. Thank you in advance.
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Art Lader at,

Your post breaks my heart. I will spare you my unhelpful opinions about your school district and simply say that I hope you save your German program.

Here's a link to our web site and why we think students should take German. -- [link removed]

Maybe there is some little thing in there that will be of use to you.
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Apr 9, 2009
Ich kann Deutsch On 3/30/09, Pat wrote: > Our school has decided to phase out German from the > curriculum. Instead virtual Chinese and Arabic will be > taught in the middle and high school levels along with > Spanish. In PA there are minimal language requirements for > school districts, and they are within the requirements. I > have been asked to...See More
Jun 15, 2009
John On 6/15/09, Ich kann Deutsch wrote: > On 3/30/09, Pat wrote: >> Our school has decided to phase out German from the >> curriculum. Instead virtual Chinese and Arabic will be >> taught in the middle and high school levels along with >> Spanish. In PA there are minimal language requirements for >> school districts, an...See More
Jun 29, 2009
Bernard The best justification for keeping any program is demand. If kids are breaking down the doors tryng to sign up for German, then German won't be phased out. If kids want it, parents will demand it... and we all know what happens if parents demand it.

So the question is, how do we get students to break down our doors trying to get in? We cr...See More
Aug 26, 2009
raman mishra On 8/26/09, Bernard wrote: > The best justification for keeping any program is demand. If kids > are breaking down the doors tryng to sign up for German, then > German won't be phased out. If kids want it, parents will demand > it... and we all know what happens if parents demand it. > > So the question is, how do we get students ...See More
Feb 5, 2012


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