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Important Dates:

Board Meeting
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The Board’s Executive Council will present recommendations regarding the French Immersion Program Review to the Board.

Executive Council's recommendations to the Board

Board Meeting
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The Board will hear public presentations in response to the recommendations from the French Immersion Program Review to the Board.

Public Presentation - Kate Barber, Lansdowne Public School Council
Public Presentation - Mindy Amalfitano, Lansdowne Public School
Public Presentation - Evelyn Dutrisac, Councillor Ward 4

Board Meeting
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The Board’s Executive Council will present its final recommendations to the Board for approval.

View the presentation

Rainbow District School Board concluded its review of the French Immersion Program at the regular Board meeting on November 22, 2011. Trustees decided that elementary schools that currently offer French Immersion will continue to do so, including Lansdowne Public School.

Secondary schools that currently offer French Immersion will also continue to do so. Sudbury Secondary School will retain its program for 2014-2015 providing there are 45 Grade 9 and Grade 10 students enrolled in the program on October 31, 2013.

If there are not 45 students in Grades 9 and 10 on October 31, 2013, no new Grade 9 students will be enrolled in the French Immersion program effective September 2014. Students currently in the French Immersion program at Sudbury Secondary School will continue in the program until graduation.

Requests for presentations at the public meetings must be made in writing prior to the meeting by contacting:

Superintendent Lesleigh Dye
Fax: 705-674-3167
Email: frenchimmersion@rainbowschools.ca

Presentations will be limited to 10 minutes. Written copies must be made available prior to the meeting and submitted to the French immersion Program Review Committee for the minutes.

For those unable to attend public meetings or wishing to provide further feedback, written input will be accepted until Friday, June 10, 2011.

Please send written submissions to:

Nicole Charette
Senior Advisor
Corporate Communications and Strategic Planning
Rainbow District School Board
69 Young Street
Sudbury ON P3E 3G5
Fax: 705-674-3167
Email: frenchimmersion@rainbowschools.ca