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Niverville and French Immersion: A Follow-Up

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In our article last month entitled “The Demand for French Immersion,” we got a few details wrong and we would like to take this opportunity to make some corrections.

Originally we wrote that Niverville had roughly 120 students attending French immersion in surrounding towns. In fact, there are a total of 98 students from Niverville attending French schools. 48 of these attend French immersion, and 50 attend DSFM schools, but these numbers are on the rise. In the Hanover School Division, 350 students attend French schools outside of the division.

One key difference between French immersion and DSFM (Division Scolaire Franco-Manitobaine) is that French immersion generally corresponds with parents in English, whereas DSFM is French-only.

HSD has hired a consultant to investigate the need for a French immersion school serving students in the district. Our article indicated that HSD would make a decision about the consultant’s analysis by the end of June, but in fact the division only expects to receive the analysis in that timeframe.

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