Exempt All Immersion Programs from CoSA Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/exempt-all-immersion-programs-from-cosa.html Online petition signatures en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:31 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Katherine Fuller [Signature #183] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16018255?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Oct 2013 11:06:51 UTC 16018255 Ms Anonymous [Signature #182] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15997446?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:24:37 UTC 15997446 Mrs. Abby Duh [Signature #181] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15991985?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Oct 2013 11:21:43 UTC 15991985 Mrs Calleen White [Signature #180] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15949849?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Oct 2013 05:57:13 UTC 15949849 juan jara [Signature #179] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15941170?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Oct 2013 02:01:06 UTC 15941170 Jessica Schneibolk [Signature #178] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15937263?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Sep 2013 11:25:56 UTC 15937263 ryu shimitsu [Signature #177] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15937234?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Sep 2013 11:19:12 UTC 15937234 Sharon Burke [Signature #176] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15936418?utm_medium=rss Please also exempt immersion students from sitting out of athletic activities for a year. While I understand the need to keep children from switching schools strictly for athletics, that is clearly not the case with children who have devoted nine years to the immersion program.

]]> Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:35:57 UTC 15936418 Ms. Amanda Tumulty [Signature #175] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15934773?utm_medium=rss We respectfully request that the BoE exempt all immersion programs from the CoSA. We care deeply about our daughters' educations and their exposure to differing cultures, languages, and opportunities that position them to be thoughtful global citizens of the world. We enrolled our twin daughters, Joanna and Mary Elena Morales, in the Chinese Immersion program at CGES when they entered kindergarten with the understanding that they would have the opportunity to pursue Chinese language acquisition and cross-cultural learning opportunities through high school, while forging healthy peer relationships that contribute to life-long success. Now in their fourth year at CGES, they have built strong friendships with peers in their CI cohort, continue to build their Chinese language skills, and have begun to develop life-long cross-cultural understanding necessary to excel in today’s global market-place. MCPS Immersion programs prepare our young people to become global citizens of the world; please pledge to continue to support MCPS Immersion programs and our MCPS students by exempting all Immersion programs from the CoSA. Respectfully, Amanda Tumulty and Wilber Morales (Joanna

]]> Sun, 29 Sep 2013 07:11:36 UTC 15934773 Mrs. Anna McBeth [Signature #174] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15934049?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Sep 2013 02:35:54 UTC 15934049 Anonymous [Signature #173] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15929076?utm_medium=rss The ultimatum in this case is unreasonable and appears to be a punishment for continuation within the immersion program. The board should consider other alternatives to achieving their goals.

]]> Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:15:07 UTC 15929076 Kim Jordan [Signature #172] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15925787?utm_medium=rss It is unconscionable to believe that after the county has pored so many precious and hard earned resources into this mutually beneficial prgm that it would not support a full return on its investment. The county's language immersion prgms should be considered outstanding educational opportunities providing recipients w/extremely valuable skills that can be utilized and leveraged well into the distant future. It also provides the county with an educational competitive advantage that other jurisdictions in the surrounding DC metro area do not provide on a comparable qualitative level, if at all.

The children work so very hard to attain language acquisition mastery in multiple lang., as do the parents and MCPS educators in support of them. It would be a tremendous loss to all stakeholders involved to truncate such support before the children can fully realize the benefits of such an education. W/only 23 RCF SI 8th grade students currently enrolled at Westland, BCC is truly not looking at an influx or invasion of students here. These are highly motivated and talented students. Thank you for your thoughtful and careful consideration to an issue that means so much to my family.

]]> Fri, 27 Sep 2013 11:37:04 UTC 15925787 Mr Bryan Llewellyn [Signature #171] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15925107?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Sep 2013 08:34:36 UTC 15925107 Sean Brandt [Signature #170] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15922771?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:06:38 UTC 15922771 Ms Dorothy Herman [Signature #169] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15922592?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:08:27 UTC 15922592 Mr Kraig Bauer [Signature #168] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15921836?utm_medium=rss I am a teacher in MCPS for twelve years and the forcing of these kids to make this choice is unconscionable.

]]> Thu, 26 Sep 2013 03:49:01 UTC 15921836 Mr Max Person [Signature #167] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15921588?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Sep 2013 02:43:25 UTC 15921588 Karen Iorio [Signature #166] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15921293?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Sep 2013 01:33:08 UTC 15921293 Anna DeNicolo [Signature #165] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15921285?utm_medium=rss Please consider the challenges facing current 8th grade immersion students, who apparently will not know their high school options until after the early November high school application deadlines - forcing them to undergo stressful application and testing processes possibly unnecessarily. Thank you.

]]> Thu, 26 Sep 2013 01:29:28 UTC 15921285 Mr. Anonymous [Signature #164] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15921239?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Sep 2013 01:16:38 UTC 15921239 Mrs Margaret Person [Signature #163] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15921195?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Sep 2013 01:05:44 UTC 15921195 Iris Wang [Signature #162] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15921178?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Sep 2013 01:02:20 UTC 15921178 Mrs. Mindy Hofmann [Signature #161] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15920860?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:34:33 UTC 15920860 Ms. Ellisa Hidalgo [Signature #160] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15920622?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Sep 2013 10:33:35 UTC 15920622 Anonymous [Signature #159] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15919830?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:00:24 UTC 15919830 Layali Eshqaidef [Signature #158] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15919696?utm_medium=rss As the mother of an elementary level student in the Chinese immersion program who is interested in continuing with the immersion option all through high school, I'd like for the exemption from CoSA to continue and not be modified as suggested.

]]> Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:25:34 UTC 15919696 Mr. Daniel Hayden [Signature #157] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15917614?utm_medium=rss Please continue to support the CI program and other language immersion programs. This has been very enriching program for our children and a program that is a great asset to the community!

Best,

Daniel Hayden
Potomac, MD

]]> Wed, 25 Sep 2013 09:17:57 UTC 15917614 Mr. Eugene Pinkard [Signature #156] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15917415?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Sep 2013 08:04:45 UTC 15917415 Anonymous [Signature #155] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15915844?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Sep 2013 01:02:20 UTC 15915844 Anonymous [Signature #154] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15915452?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:03:18 UTC 15915452 Chun (Zack) Yung [Signature #153] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15913105?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:36:52 UTC 15913105 Ms. Lisa Myers [Signature #152] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15912893?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:41:57 UTC 15912893 Anonymous [Signature #151] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15912636?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 07:18:21 UTC 15912636 Mrs. Min Chang-Suteerachai [Signature #150] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15912634?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 07:18:04 UTC 15912634 Mrs. Juliet Navarro [Signature #149] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15911919?utm_medium=rss Kids will benefit from these classes in their future.

]]> Tue, 24 Sep 2013 03:56:49 UTC 15911919 Michal Powers [Signature #148] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15911905?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 03:53:31 UTC 15911905 Jon Minkoff [Signature #147] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15911801?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 03:31:48 UTC 15911801 mss amina simpore [Signature #146] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15911264?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 01:36:28 UTC 15911264 Cesar Holguin [Signature #145] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15911029?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:29:00 UTC 15911029 Ms Cheryl Hurwitz [Signature #144] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15910942?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:06:19 UTC 15910942 Carla Vale [Signature #143] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15910867?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:49:29 UTC 15910867 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #142] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15910761?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:23:13 UTC 15910761 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #141] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15910575?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:36:35 UTC 15910575 Ms. Beryle Alexis [Signature #140] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15910571?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:36:06 UTC 15910571 Ms Tonya Hughes [Signature #139] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15910434?utm_medium=rss As a parent of a French Immersion student I am looking forward to my child attending either Silver Spring International or Julius West Middle School to continue the French 5yr program matriculating into the last two years at Richard Montgomery to graduate.

Please consider the education planning that parents have planned out and not discourage it by making the school assignment changes impossible for All Immersion Students.

Thank you.
Ms. Hughes

]]> Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:03:34 UTC 15910434 Lance Ing [Signature #138] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15910413?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:57:59 UTC 15910413 Nina Inf [Signature #137] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15910409?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:56:28 UTC 15910409 Emily Bleimund [Signature #136] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15910388?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:51:25 UTC 15910388 Eric Juzenas [Signature #135] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15910209?utm_medium=rss My children are in the Spanish Immersion program and I support this petition

]]> Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:57:29 UTC 15910209 Ms. Kimberly Scheckner [Signature #134] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15910200?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:55:21 UTC 15910200 Mr. Jason Walta [Signature #133] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15910197?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:54:39 UTC 15910197 Dave Leeger [Signature #132] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15910078?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:20:42 UTC 15910078 Gegi Leeger [Signature #131] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15910074?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:19:46 UTC 15910074 Mrs. Erica Weiss [Signature #130] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15909982?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 07:58:50 UTC 15909982 Mr Rob Lao [Signature #129] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15909912?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 07:38:57 UTC 15909912 sarah Barber [Signature #128] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15909771?utm_medium=rss My son attends the chinese immersion program at college gardens. He has a one hour bus ride each day. We believe strongly in the chinese immersion program and wish to preserve his abulity to continue to study chinese in high school

]]> Tue, 24 Sep 2013 07:07:45 UTC 15909771 Mr David Evans [Signature #127] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15909690?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 06:48:55 UTC 15909690 Nancy Edwards [Signature #126] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15909619?utm_medium=rss Continue the investment in high-level language instruction. Keep the immersion children together in high school. Exempt immersion programs from COSA, Policy JEE changes.

]]> Tue, 24 Sep 2013 06:33:16 UTC 15909619 Ms. Jeanne Salvado [Signature #125] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15909588?utm_medium=rss Relationships are key in middle and high school students success. Purposefully cutting off relationships goes against educational research adn long term academic successes. Immersion students bring a different perspective to the academic environment adn should be celebrated in the feeder pattern with their counterparts.

]]> Tue, 24 Sep 2013 06:23:03 UTC 15909588 Julie Rios Little [Signature #124] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15909531?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 06:07:00 UTC 15909531 Mr. Paul Gieser [Signature #123] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15909310?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 05:20:01 UTC 15909310 Dr. Gerlie Gieser [Signature #122] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15909307?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Sep 2013 05:18:43 UTC 15909307 dr honorata hansen [Signature #121] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15908075?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:07:10 UTC 15908075 Caroline Russell [Signature #120] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907838?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:46:34 UTC 15907838 Richard Arsenault [Signature #119] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907795?utm_medium=rss Immersion programs enable our county's students and the county to compete globally and should be fostered.

]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:32:58 UTC 15907795 Dr Jason Wexler [Signature #118] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907642?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:51:20 UTC 15907642 David Purvis [Signature #117] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907623?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:47:53 UTC 15907623 Diana Conway [Signature #116] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907552?utm_medium=rss Changing this program now, as the world goes increasingly international, seems short-sighted. Let MoCo be one of the visionaries as we were when the Chinese immersion was opened at Potomac ES in 1996, well ahead of most of the country. Making it harder for families to participate means you will either (1) close them out or (2) EXPAND the programs across the county so no one has to travel to other schools. Which is it?

]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:32:34 UTC 15907552 Mariella Purvis [Signature #115] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907509?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:26:01 UTC 15907509 Ms. Linda Sankanung [Signature #114] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907449?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:13:51 UTC 15907449 Bithiah Reed [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907359?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:48:14 UTC 15907359 Mei Hu [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907343?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:45:12 UTC 15907343 Li Ye [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907334?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:42:51 UTC 15907334 Mrs. Marta Woodward [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907314?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:35:02 UTC 15907314 Mark Woodward [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907269?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:25:04 UTC 15907269 Dr. Deborah Belsky [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907263?utm_medium=rss Children should continue with their peers throughout the educational experience. Immersion programs create strong bonds and language competency that cannot be matched by the usual foreign language learning path.

]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:24:32 UTC 15907263 QLM Luu [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907179?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 06:57:09 UTC 15907179 KM Luu [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907171?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 06:54:58 UTC 15907171 Mrs Anne Marie Foerster Luu [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15907102?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 06:39:18 UTC 15907102 Mrs. Kathleen Broadman [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15906821?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 05:30:11 UTC 15906821 Mrs Linda Natoli [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15906790?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 05:22:00 UTC 15906790 Dr Marilyn Lynk [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15906638?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 04:49:49 UTC 15906638 Ms Clara Traverso [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15906261?utm_medium=rss ALways let me know about this meeting.

Thank you.

]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 03:34:12 UTC 15906261 Mr Lance Ing [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15906149?utm_medium=rss Please do not change the cosa requirements. My daughter is so proud to be in the Chinese immersion program.

]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 03:09:13 UTC 15906149 Ms Evelyn Andrade [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15906064?utm_medium=rss Please do not let our children down, they deserve this now more than ever.

]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 02:52:52 UTC 15906064 Mr. William Little [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15906045?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 02:49:34 UTC 15906045 Mrs. Maria Huitz [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905970?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 02:38:44 UTC 15905970 Mr Mario Huitz [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905963?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 02:37:52 UTC 15905963 Ms Caroline Huitz [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905957?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 02:36:43 UTC 15905957 Angela Hsia [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905918?utm_medium=rss The proposed CoSA changes adversely and disproportionately affect families with children currently enrolled in immersion programs in the county. Specifically, we are requesting the Board to exempt immersion students from having to prove a unique hardship in order to gain admission into a high-school that has hitherto been identified as one where immersion students have the best chance to complete their language acquisition training.

The policy change will undermine support and participation in existing immersion programs, rendering MCPS’ immersion programs less relevant and competitive for students over time. More families may abandon immersion after elementary school and choose options that provide continuity between middle and high school. This would be a tremendous loss for the county.

]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 02:30:22 UTC 15905918 Ms Patchanan Owen [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905749?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 02:03:35 UTC 15905749 Camellia Jacobs [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905721?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 01:59:38 UTC 15905721 Paulina Puig [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905656?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 01:46:18 UTC 15905656 Mr. Scott Yetter [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905641?utm_medium=rss Continuity with peer group at the critical transition period from middle school to high school is essential and simply the right thing to do as proven over the years by having the current practice of allowing immersion studetns stay within the same cluster. Please retain this sensible and just practice for the sake of each students academic success and social stability. Thanks you.

]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 01:41:27 UTC 15905641 Dr David Granger [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905566?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 01:16:30 UTC 15905566 Mrs Susan Redwood [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905493?utm_medium=rss I have 2 minority children who were given the opportunity to enter this program. My husband and I both work for the federal government, but live in a school district that doesn't have the oppotunities that the immersion program provide. they have been attending the progran since kindergarten and my oldest its now in 6th grade at Hoover. My family has made a huge sacrifice of living in a smaller house to one parent work part time to drive the kids to and from school. I ask that you kindly consider the disruption that this will cause on the children who have developed a relationship with their peers in this area.

]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 01:01:41 UTC 15905493 Mrs. Ada Marcelina Bettridge [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905354?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:25:38 UTC 15905354 Ms Annmarie Leadman [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905316?utm_medium=rss Stop treating immersion students like pawns.

]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:15:43 UTC 15905316 Mrs raquelle carter [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905226?utm_medium=rss We are in the shadow of the most important city for international affairs and diplomacy so MCPS should maintain a commitment to prepare students for careers in that area. Bilingual fluency is a key skill for this goal.

]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:49:04 UTC 15905226 Justyna Sadlowska [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905168?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:36:10 UTC 15905168