McDonald Elementary announced that, through direct appeal to parents, they met their fundraising goal of $100,000 to hire full-time language immersion assistants for the 2011-12 school year. The McDonald Elementary PTA followed the John Stanford International School direct appeal fundraising model since the District does not provide funding for an extra teacher for each of the language immersion classrooms.
McDonald Elementary School re-opened last year after a 28-year hiatus. The school is temporarily located at the Lincoln High School site (4400 Interlake Avenue North) until the 2012-13 school year. McDonald will begin its language immersion program this fall with incoming kindergartners and first graders (language immersion will not be available to those in second grade and higher next year, though in subsequent years, language will increase by one level). The projected enrollment at McDonald as of June is approximately 175 students, up 33% from last year.
It’ll be nice to see McDonald being used as an elementary school again. I went there for 5th & 6th grade in the 60’s.