From the MCPS website - notice of a Q & A session - Paxson School sponsors Q & A session on dual language

The following paragraphs have been copied and pasted from the MCPS website to this post and is followed up by a comment from missoula schools watchdog.

      

Paxson School sponsors Q & A session on dual language

Local parents and community members are invited to attend a question and answer session regarding the Missoula County Public Schools’ Dual Language Immersion program at 6 p.m., Wednesday, June 5, at Paxson Elementary, 101 Evans St. in Missoula.

MCPS will launch a dual language (English and Spanish) program for Paxson students in kindergarten and first grade this fall. It will be the first dual language program in a public school in Montana. The dual language program will continue each year as students advance into grades 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Prior to implementation of the program, District officials researched and visited successful dual language models that are used in other states. At Paxson, instruction will be divided between two classrooms – one English and one Spanish. The English-speaking teacher will use half of the instructional day to teach English language arts and literacy skills (reading and writing). The Spanish-speaking teacher will use the other half of the instructional day to teach Spanish literacy and mathematics. Social studies and science will be taught in both classrooms by both teachers.

The Paxson program is designed to maximize students’ proficiency in a second language, develop students’ ability to work in multiple cultural settings, and provide a rich academic environment and culturally diverse experience both in the classroom and throughout the school community.

Interested Paxson families should complete the application for placement in the dual language program (the application is available at Paxson School). Paperwork must be submitted to the school by June 30. Student selection will occur by drawing later in the summer.

For additional information, please contact Principal Kelly Chumrau at 542-4055 or 728-2400, ext. 4550; or Executive Regional Director Heather Davis Schmidt at 728-2400, ext. 1074.

 

missoula schools watchdog take on this program -

 

"FOLLOW THE PEOPLE" - USUALLY THE SAYING GOES "FOLLOW THE MONEY" - (This could also apply, however, msw is not aware of the money trail.)

 

TONI REHBEIN - AN OFFICER FOR THREE YEARS - PAST PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF MISSOULA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

 

BRAD AND KELLY CHUMRAU - FORMER PARENTS OF A CHILD AT MISSOULA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - BRAD A FORMER TEACHER AT MISSOULA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL NOW TEACHING AT RATTLESNAKE SCHOOL - KELLY NOW TEACHING AT PAXSON SCHOOL 

 

TONI REHBEIN HAS USED THE MISSOULA SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FULLFILL ALL HER DREAMS OF WHAT AN EDUCATION IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE - ALL AT THE TAXPAYERS EXPENSE

 

Missoula County Public Schools does not have money for this program or any of the other programs which the "Rehbeins" (borrowing from Mr. Spurlock's quote) have instituted over their tenure.