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French Immersion Engagement: Phase 3 Meeting Followup

  • French immersion

Thank you to everyone who attended last night’s public engagement session about the Division’s French Immersion program. At the meeting, Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) shared and collected feedback on a potential solution for the program—one that addresses retention, anticipated enrolment pressures and balancing elementary enrolment.

A Potential Solution: EIPS French Immersion

If you couldn’t make the public engagement session, that’s OK. You can still submit input by completing the online EIPS French Immersion Engagement Survey: Phase 3. It’s also open to anyone who attended the meeting and wants to provide more feedback.

Take the Survey Now!
Survey closes April 24
Also available at eips.ca
NOTE: The survey is anonymous and takes roughly five to 10 minutes to complete.

To help provide feedback, below are some background documents:

Once all the input is submitted, EIPS will use the feedback gathered to inform next steps and further develop the potential solution. Then, in June, EIPS will present a report to the Board of Trustees about the French Immersion engagement efforts. Any Board-approved changes will take effect in the 2024-25 or 2025-26 school years, at the earliest. Again, before making a decision, the EIPS Board will review all relevant data and the feedback gathered through the engagement efforts.

As always, EIPS will keep school families updated as the process progresses.