Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) Schools Superintendent Allen Bourff was cautious, but hopeful that a Chinese language program would be established at one of the high schools, but available to students at both schools.

In the past, the biggest barrier to establishing a Chinese program was the difficulty in finding a committed Chinese instructor.

“We’ve been able to find them from year-to-year, but its been difficult to get them for more than a year at a time,” said Bourff at the Wednesday night board meeting.

According to Bourff, the school district “may” have a Chinese instructor willing to commit to multiple years of teaching the subject and build a curriculum.

“We’re hopeful we can do that,” Bourff told the board.  “I don’t know that we’ll be able to, we’re still in the negotiations stage.”

The program, if implemented, would be housed at Fishers High School but would be available to HSE students as well.  The program could go down to the Junior High School level.

Bourff told the board he is “hopeful” he will be able to present a Chinese program proposal at the next board meeting.