[etni] Fw: re: Ministry: Cities must fund separate English classes

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wattelman" <wattelman@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Ministry: Cities must fund separate English classes


  Good Afternoon!

  Is there any way to receive a written copy of the ministry's decision?

  Our municipality in Kochav Yair says they "cannot address this with the
parents" at this point, as "they do not have any written instruction from
the Ministry yet."
  When I mentioned the below article, the reply I received was that we must
give the municipality's education person more credit and that she is surely
aware of the developments in this matter
  (I spoke with the secretary)
  Unfortunately, we all know where that line of thinking will land our kids
come September 1st...
  So, if anyone knows how to receive the ruling itself, it would be greatly
appreciated.

  Thanks and good luck to all in this worthwhile endeavor,
  Marcie Wattelman
  Kochav Yair-Tzur Yigal

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Ask" <ask@xxxxxxxx>
  To: "Etni" <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 4:50 PM
  Subject: [etni] Ministry: Cities must fund separate English classes


  > Ministry: Cities must fund separate English classes
  > Haaretz - June 15, 2007
  >
  > Classes for native English speakers can continue next year, provided
they
  > are paid for by municipalities and not by individual parents, the
Education
  > Ministry has ruled.
  >
  > The decision essentially means that the classes are legal on a pedagogic
  > level, but that to ensure their continuation, the municipalities must be
  > willing to underwrite the program.
  >
  > "Currently, splitting classes according to English proficiency is at the
  > school's discretion. The Education Ministry does not intervene in this
  > consideration and schools are entitled to conduct separate classes for
  > English speakers," according to a ministry letter, a copy of which was
  > obtained by Anglo File. "The Education Ministry does not prohibit
separate
  > classes according to English proficiency, as long as schools do this
with
  > resources allocated from state or local authority budgets and not from
the
  > funds the municipality collected from the parents whose children
participate
  > in the program."
  >
  > The decision came in response to a letter sent earlier this week to the
  > ministry by attorneys Lisa Segelov and Nicole Maor, both of whom have
  > children enrolled in the native speakers program in the Sharon region.
  > Written on behalf of some 100 parents, the letter calls on the ministry
to
  > provide a written explanation detailing what they plan to do with the
  > English-speaking students for the coming school year. It also demands
that
  > the ministry leave the current program untouched until a suitable
  > alternative is found.
  >
  > Segelov and Maor originally said that they would file a High Court
petition
  > against the ministry if they did not receive a prompt response. The
ministry
  > decision, which came three days after the lawyers' letter was sent, also
  > ruled that if the program continues to be parent-funded, the classes
will be
  > legal only as an after-school program and not within regular classroom
  > hours.
  >
  > "Until now, there have only been rumors about the ministry decision,"
  > Segelov said in response to the ruling. "Now we've established in black
and
  > white that the program is legal. The next step is for parents to take it
up
  > with their individual municipalities. People need to band together in
every
  > city, be active and make noise."
  >
  > (To read the whole article, go to -
  > http://www.etni.org/news/funding_classes.htm  )
  >
  >
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