“The school division is also in the process of hiring a French immersion teacher for the upcoming school year. We are also working closely with the Ministry of Education to ensure that we have all of the supports in place to begin this program in September,” said Dan Manning, principal at Assiniboia Park Elementary School. Lori Meyer who has been hired as a French language consultant. “Lori has a great deal of experience and knowledge with French Immersion and she has been a tremendous support already,” said Manning. A dual track education system will be introduced at Assiniboia Park Elementary, where students have the opportunity to learn in either of our two official languages from staff that are fluent in either English or French.