Stearns High School pitch to China is a failure

Associated Press:

A school district in the deep woods of Maine that sought out Chinese students to help boost its enrolment and its finances fell far short of its ambitious goal of bringing in 60 students.
Only six Chinese students will attend high school in Millinocket, in a rural part of the northeastern state, next month.

The target of five dozen was probably overly ambitious, officials said.

The efforts were also hindered by a recruiter in China who failed to deliver any students and a writer who told readers of China's Global Times newspaper that the school was "mediocre" and that Millinocket children hang out in parking lots for fun.

Stearns High School officials said they were disappointed more Chinese students won't be attending when classes begin on September 6 but will stick with the programme and try to expand in the years ahead.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 16, 2011 1:13 AM
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