Barrington Unit District 220 board members voted 6-1 Tuesday to accept a $1.5 million federal grant to implement the teaching of Mandarin Chinese at the elementary level next year, over the objections of the teachers union.
While all board members expressed favor with the educational opportunities afforded by the grant, they’ve been mulling the related financial and logistical consequences of the program since August.
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