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February 1, 2012 - 5:16pm — admin
By Robert Mangelsdorf - Maple Ridge News
Dozens of parents camped out at local elementary schools Monday night in the hopes of registering their children in kindergarten French immersion programs for fall.
Tuesday marked the start of registration for the school district’s programs of choice, including French immersion, Montessori, the district’s Environmental School Project, and Kanaka Creek elementary, which has a year-round calendar.
Recent changes to the registration process give priority to students with siblings already enrolled at any school. Siblings were allowed to register for choice programs on Monday.
Others had to wait until Tuesday.
Erin Mark and her husband Andrew set up camp at 10 a.m. Monday morning in front of Pitt Meadows Elementary School to register their daughter Kayleigh for French immersion.
“For us, it’s important that our daughter go there,” Erin Mark said. “It’s a great school and a great program that offers her that added challenge.”
The school has a cap of 40 spaces for two French immersion kindergarten classes, with siblings getting priority,
“We knew there was going to be limited spaces,” Erin Mark said. “I think it’s good they give siblings priority ... but I don’t think it was right that we had to wait overnight.
“But if we didn’t go, [Kayleigh] wouldn’t get in.”
After spending nearly 24 hours waiting in line outside the school, the Mark family was able to grab one of the last French immersion spaces in at Pitt Meadows elementary.