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Originally posted by AlphaFrog
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In the county I live in (Union, NC) they talked about starting in kindergarten w/teaching 1/2 day in English and 1/2 day in Spanish and kids would be required to participate in both. I don't see anything wrong with that, as it helps the English speakers as much as the Spanish speakers...being that it's becoming clear that in about 40 years you will NEED to be able to speak Spanish.
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While I don't agree with the suspension, I also don't agree with your county starting this new policy. If it is that much of an issue, they should set up an optional time for students to learn a new language.
However, this is a time when kids should be learning to speak English, i.e. learning the proper nouns, verbs, sentence formation, etc. It takes long enough to learn that, without muddying the picture by forcing these children to learn another language.
Once again, having an optional program is fine, but I don't think it should be instituted as a part of the school day in that way.
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