Monday, May 21, 2012

Trip to China or Referendum

June 28, 2006 by  
Filed under General

In the world of government education nothing seems to surprise me anymore. The arrogance at which they operate seems to have no bounds.

In a story Tuesday in the Daily Herald they reported that the Principals of Grayslake Central and Warren Township were heading to China to see schools there and to learn about possibly teaching Mandarin Chinese in the schools here.

          

Two Lake County high school principals are on their way to China for a week to learn more about schools there, and, organizers hope, become interested in starting Chinese-language classes here.

Steven Isoye, principal of Warren Township High School’s O’Plaine Road campus, and Grayslake Central High School Principal Randy Davis were tapped for the trip by College Board, the national organization that regulates Advanced Placement and SAT testing.

Today, there is another story about Warren High School District having to cut programs or raise taxes. It is even laughable that one of the suggestions for cuts is the foreign language program at the same time a principal is preparing to leave for China to see if chinese should be taught in the school.

          

Possible programs Warren can elect to cut include:

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