Many have taken Chinese throughout their academic careers, with their roots in Middle School, development during the highschool curriculum and perhaps even refinement in college. Mandarin is one of the most spoken languages in the world, with over 900 million native speakers and over 1.2 billion who speak it total. Whether it is because of family, or the interest of culture, many seek to learn the ins and outs of Mandarin in the Western world as it is vastly different from all of the romantic languages. By cutting this program out from Middle School, not only will it limit exposure to the world's largest language by native speakers, lowering diversity, but it will also stunt growth for those who do pursue in trying to learn it.

If this cut is implemented, then there will definitely be repercussions. By eliminating the only non-western and romantic language, it greatly limits the amount of exposure students would have to the rest of the world, as many of the other languages that are provided are only found within Europe. To be inclusive of as many cultures as possible, it would be irrational to disclude the only Asian language. This is further backed by the fact that Mandarin is currently the only non-Latin based language the district offers. This means that there is more academic rigor and challenge for students involved. By getting this early exposure, the students that take it in Middle School will be able to hone their skills and become more proficient in highschool.

Also, not to mention, West Orange is one of a select few districts that provide Mandarin as a language that one can take. By offering this class, not only does it prop up the district as it can attract more students to its program, it can also prop up students who are going to college as they stand out from the rest of the field. By completely getting rid of this class at the Middle School level, it removes this advantage the district, and its students, have on others and may attract less students who seek to learn Mandarin from an institution at a young age. Overall, it would be unwise to completely cut Mandarin out of the Middle School program, as even increasing the class sizes to 30 students or isolating the program to only one school would not only decrease the budget, but sustain the Chinese program.