You may not be aware that HDSB's recommendation was to keep the Kindergarten program at schools like Pineland - dual track schools with low English enrolments.
You see, a steering committee was established in 2012 to find some strategic directions in French programs. In March of 2013 former Associate Director, Jeff Blackwell, issued an interim report [Report 13044] to provide an overview of processes and work to-date and the issues and opportunities being studied by the Halton District School Board French Second Language Programs steering committee and work teams. This report indicated that they not only considered but recommended a third delivery model of French Immersion --> Single track French Immersion with JK-SK [see below]
You see, a steering committee was established in 2012 to find some strategic directions in French programs. In March of 2013 former Associate Director, Jeff Blackwell, issued an interim report [Report 13044] to provide an overview of processes and work to-date and the issues and opportunities being studied by the Halton District School Board French Second Language Programs steering committee and work teams. This report indicated that they not only considered but recommended a third delivery model of French Immersion --> Single track French Immersion with JK-SK [see below]
As part of the French as a Second Language Program Study Strategic Directions presentation in May of 2013, keeping Kindergarten after the phase out of English was an option/recommendation "The dual track school would eventually become a single track French Immersion school with an English Kindergarten". [slide #16]
Also in May 2013, the steering committee's final recommendations were made to the public at four meetings throughout Halton. These recommendations once again included keeping the Kindergarten program after the phase out of English "The dual track school would eventually become a single track French Immersion school with an English Kindergarten". [see below]
More information on the old FSL study can be found here: http://www.hdsb.ca/Programs/Pages/FrenchLanguageStudy.aspx