the buena vista program will have a strong base for a fuel dual language program and will create a k school for the mission neighborhood. the buena vista spits overall transformation -- submits overall transformation. one of the requirements is that we take bold action to strengthen the academic programs in the identified six schools. we feel confident that this will not only satisfy that requirement but that it is a win-win for both communities. in terms of student assignment, e.p.c. will honor requests that have been submitted for the 11-12 school year for -- for horace-mann for general education and the language pathways. for the 2012-2013 school year, horace mann will be a city wide choice language program. we'll talk about that in detail about that later on in the presentation. at this point, what i like to do is ask my koll league christina wang to take us through the next few slides. >> the district historically had a strong commitment to language pathways. it is one piece of cretting a high quality middle school program in k through eight middle schools as well. just to remind

been that vista proposal and -- it says something about the -- the -- the sixth grade, the buena vista program will have expanded seats and how that will be dealt with. just want to really encourage the district to think about consolidating these programs as much as possible so we don't end up with isolated programs in this time of very scarce resources. rereally need to think about -- about creating more programs like what is apparently going to happen with been that vista, which is where we're consolidating resources and not spreading our -- ourselves too thin. i hope the time is taken to really average this. and thank you. >> go ahead. >> thank you. i have a quick question. my name is visa fopping. i'm a parent of two children at the immersion program. i have a question about the considerations. and you know, uhming all -- assuming all of the classes, taking the seventh period. i was wondering if -- because it it looks like the men -- the mandarin immersion program -- at this point. would that -- would -- would that cost, that impact starting on -- on the year 2011, when it started, it star