Shimon Waronker, middle, the principal of Jordan L. Mott, Middle School in the Bronx, explains the school's progressive new French language program to, from left to right, Enio Cruz, his daughter and a sixth grade student in the program Pamela Cruz, Jennifer Gomez, also in sixth grade, and her mother Paula Gomez on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007. The French embassy is providing support to the school, which is located in one of the city's poorest areas. (AP Photo/John Smock)