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From http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-essential-education-updates-southern-inside-the-first-armenian-dual-language-1502822077-htmlstory.html

Inside the first Armenian dual-language classes in L.A. Unified
by Sonali Kohli
August 15, 2017

At Mountain View Elementary School in Tujunga about three-fourths of the population is of Armenian heritage. Parents have been looking for years for a way to pass on the language and culture to their children. …

Shakeh Ayvazian, a Los Angeles Unified School District parent community facilitator, noticed that parents were making moves to leave for other districts, and worked with them to push for a similar program in L.A. Unified.

That was five years ago, she said. Last year, Mountain View launched a pilot program with two kindergarten classes. Students spent half their time in a classroom in which their teacher spoke only Armenian to them and half their time in an English-speaking classroom. 

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