Those listening carefully at the Monday Nov. 14th school board meeting would have learned all they needed to know about the district's push for Mandarin Chinese.The good Dr. Culver reported that he had a magnificent time in China and noted that other school istracts brought a large contingent with them--including...wait for it.....SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS!
Dr. Culver then suggested that "next year" we should bring a group of people. Hmmm....does the "we" include a return engagement for him? We're wondering how long it took Jim McCourt to ponder whether he could postpone his big business deal for at least another year so that he could be one of those school board members to get a trip to China for peanuts.
"Other school districts brought a whole contingent, including school board members [to China]."Clearly, there's much more to this China deal than just adding Chinese I.
--SPASD District Administrator Tim Culver
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