Registration will continue through May 5. Late enrollment for the second session will be June 12-23. Once children enter school healthy, confident and prepared, the team will continue to work with families and community members to be sure that all students are reading by the end of second grade. English Language Learners classes to change The district will begin moving toward a classroom-oriented model for teaching children who have a native language other than English. Now, some students may be pulled from the regular classroom to receive instruction with English as a Second Language or Bilingual teachers.
Research shows it is most beneficial for children to learn in the classroom.
Next year, seven schools will provide services for English Language Learners with a classroom teacher who has an ESL endorsement by the state. The schools that will offer ESL classes at each grade level Aguilar, Frank, Hudson, Laird, Nevitt and Wood elementaries and Fees Middle School. That means one out of every five children has a native language other than English. The district will also extend bilingual classrooms through grade five at Aguilar, Evans, Frank, Nevitt and Wood. Holdeman School began a dual language program two years ago for kindergarten and first grade students.