I had Latin in high school in the 80s and in the South at that. It was an elective, though, not required. I remember some, but not much. We had a batty teacher who translated Jingle Bells into Latin. She'd sing it and shake her car keys. Tinnitus, tinnitus, semper tinnitus...

A friend of mine has recently got a CD-ROM to learn Latin. It comes with a microphone and everything. I don't think it was very expensive.