Language Programs 'Successful' in Elementary Schools, Supervisor Says

Spanish and Chinese classes started this year will be expanded in the next school year.

The introduction of Spanish and Mandarin Chinese into the school district’s elementary schools this fall has been “successful.” That was the message delivered to the school board on Monday by Enrique Pincay, the district’s supervisor of world languages and English as a second language. The introduction of the two languages into the K-4 curriculum will “prepare students for the 21st century,” Pincay said. To implement the curriculum, the district re-hired the three Spanish teachers who were laid off when the district faced a budget shortfall and three Chinese teachers, Pincay said. One of the strategies employed by the teachers, Picay said, is “100 percent immersion” in the language once class begins. Textbooks are only used as reference …

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