The French Bilingual School of South Carolina (, EFB) was an overseas French school in Greenville, South Carolina in unincorporated Greenville County, South Carolina, in the Greenville-Spartanburg area."FRENCH BILINGUAL SCHOOL OF SOUTH CAROLINA" (Archive) Association of French Schools in America. Retrieved on May 11, 2014. "Address: 2 Fisher road City: Greenville, SC State/Province: SC, 29615""2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Wade Hampton CDP, SC" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 11, 2014. 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. Michelin opened and operated the school for its employees expatriated to South Carolina. For that reason its official name was the Michelin French School."International" (Archive). Greenville Area Economic Development Corporation. Retrieved on May 11, 2014. French expatriate families who did not work for Michelin were required to pay tuition.
History The school opened in 1974 after Michelin opened its North American headquarters in the area.Woodall, Martha. "Enfin! Phila. Area To Get French School." Philadelphia Inquirer. March 25, 1991. Retrieved on May 14, 2014. The number of students varied through the years between 55 and 130 and the number of teachers between 12 and 22.Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. World Class. Simon & Schuster, January 3, 1997. , 9780684825229. p. 265.
The school was replaced by several entities around Greenville, like Cours de Français de Greenville, The Int. School of Greenville and The French School. The French School.
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