One of the Sious Fall’s public elementary schools will convert in fall 2009 to a program that not only will teach a foreign language, but will use that second language to teach math, science and social studies. Which school and which language have not been determined, officials said. The school board is expected to hear a committee report and settle those issues in February.

The district hopes the program will be a step toward helping students become international citizens equipped for a world economy that’s facing dilemmas from disease to terrorism. It’s also assumed the program will help children think better in English.

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