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ground information and the optional station locations for further information or if you wish to beon this studys mailing list please contact lc alan brown or nhqt nguyen engineering department town of markham 101 town centre boulevard markham ontario l3r9w3 tel 905 4777000 ex 303 fax 905 4797773 fm we 5qhu- js consulting inc 60 cenhjriandr suite 106 markham ontario l3r 9r2 m3q5 479413 fax 47491 86 emdilfirransitrancom thobqiia of excellence ms primary grade french dropped after long debate board drops program running since 1973 jennifer brown staff writer children in grades one to three will ho longer receive 40 minutes of french jnvtructionamhe public school board giving way to provincial requirements that primary students spend more time on the three rs cf after considerable debate ahcpan attempt to phase it out over three years tnsiteesonthe boards budget committee voted taeliminate the program which has been offered to students for over 25 years consuming 13 per cent of the instruc tional day board chairperson bill crothers said new demands for primary students dont allow for the inclusion of french i dont think we really had a choice we cant theres nothing in the literature that will confirm a student is any better off learning french in the primary grades bill crothers s afford to ded icate that much time to french at the expense of english math skills science and technology and theres nothing in the literature that will confirm a student is any better off learning french in the pri mary grades he said crothers insisted the issue wasnt money related because even though r province wont fund the program he says the annual 33 million granf was always more than the board needed to offer the course its fairly obvious in the material pre sented here that any consideration to con tinue core french is not a budget issue but is complicated by the fact a number of years ago the provincial government decided to start french instruction arid provided financial incentives he said elementary school students will now receive french in grades 4 to 8 only to continue offering primary french would mean the board would have to cre ate an enriched pro gram for grades 4 to 8 on top of the cur- riculuriil v the province will pro yide v rv- in a last attempt to phase the pro gram out aiiro r ak ijig trustee susan pla- crothers mondon suggested extending french for students entering grade 3 to avoid the one year gap leading up to grade 4 but board director bill hogarth made it clear the board would be on its own in any decision to create a program of their own there is no ministry support even for phaseout we would be spending time in a vacuum in terms of curriculum support said hoga rth and with pending reductions to areas such as sper cial education richmond hill trustee denis middleton said he couldnt support extending a program the province isnt ready to support im really going to have a hard time saying continue with 40 minutes of french when i know that is 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