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Article: Palm School Board backs foreign language study at more elementary schools.

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
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February 14, 2005
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Byline: Lois K. Solomon

Feb. 14--On a cold, windy day, Orchard View Elementary teacher Jean Bayol asks his students to describe the weather.

"Il fait mauvais," they explain. "It's bad outside."

Bayol speaks to his kindergartners at the Delray Beach school in French only. The students spend mornings learning basic math, science and language skills in French, and in the afternoon, those skills are reinforced in English.

Touting the success of dual-language schools such as Orchard View, the School Board wants 81 more elementary schools to add foreign language instruction as early as next year. Only 19 elementary schools teach foreign ...

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