French Bilingual School of South Carolina (
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The French Bilingual School of South Carolina ( French: École Française Bilingue - South Carolina, EFB) was an overseas French school in Greenville, South Carolina in unincorporated Greenville County, South Carolina, in the Greenville-Spartanburg area. [1] [2] The school served Kindergarten through the 12th grade and used the curriculum of the French Ministry of Education. The elementary section included grades K-5, the middle section included grades 6-9, and the high school section included grades 10-12. [1] Michelin opened and operated the school for its employees expatriated to South Carolina. [1] For that reason its official name was the Michelin French School. [3] French expatriate families who did not work for Michelin were required to pay tuition. [1]
The school opened in 1974 after Michelin opened its North American headquarters in the area. [4] The number of students varied through the years between 55 and 130 and the number of teachers between 12 and 22. [5]
The school permanently closed in June 2022.
The Greenville Saturday School (グリーンビル日本語補習授業校 Gurīnbiru Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a Japanese Saturday supplementary school, used to hold its classes at the French Bilingual School. [6]