McKay's children, Robert and Elizabeth
were aged 10 and 8 respectively at the time they travelled to Japan. They
were enrolled in the French Immersion program in the Dartmouth schools
system. At the time, there was no curriculum for that program, and it was
difficult to know what the children
should be studying to keep up while
away for a year. The schools administration had further indicated that
re-entry into the French Immersion system would not be permitted after
more than a year away from it.
While in Japan, the children attended Teshorogi Minami elementary school
along with all the other local Japanese kids.
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