On June 7, 2012, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education approved a plan to convert Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Elementary into a Spanish/English Dual Language Magnet School.
The first phase of the plan will begin in the 2012-13 school year. During the 2012-13 school year, FPG will enroll two Dual Language kindergarten classrooms and two first grade Dual Language classrooms. Selection into the kindergarten and first grade Dual Language classrooms will give preference to students currently assigned to FPG. For 2012-13, limited spaces will remain after preference is given to rising kindergarten and rising first grade FPG students. The remaining spaces will be opened to all rising kindergarten and rising first grade Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools students.
Applications for the Dual Language magnet school are due by 1:30 p.m. on July 13, 2012. Applications are available by visiting the district website, the Dual Language office or Registration office located at Lincoln Center, 750 South Merritt Mill Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516.
During the 2012-13 school year, FPG will continue to have one Dual Language classroom in second through fifth grades. The district will maintain the Spanish Dual Language program at Carrboro Elementary. The Spanish Dual Language program at Carrboro Elementary will be converted to a magnet model in 2013-14. For the 2012-13 school year, the district will maintain the Spanish Dual Language program at Scroggs Elementary.
FPG will be converted into a full district magnet school beginning with the 2013-14 school year. For the 2013-14 school year, all rising kindergarten students from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will be able to apply for the Spanish/English Dual Language Magnet School at FPG.
During the 2013-14 school year, all students from the Dual Language program at Scroggs Elementary and some Dual Language students from Carrboro Elementary will transition to FPG.
Information sessions will be held to provide additional information to parents as listed below.
Mary Scroggs Elementary School Monday July 16, 2012 at 6 p.m.
Carrboro Elementary School Wednesday July 11, 2012 at 5 p.m.
For more information or questions, please contact José Antonio Nambo at 919-967-8211 ext. 28353 or at jnambo@chccs.k12.nc.us.
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