The group conducts weekly reflection and planning meetings in the principal's office. The loss of the support services and familiar network provided by International House. In response, additional elective English classes are were being designed for FLEPs.
Several initiatives are under way.
They had to take the ELA Regents test, but their chances of passing were considered remote. They were offered an experimental, enhanced language arts class in Spanish, in which the Regents tasks were taught. Based on these results, this course was incorporated into the program for seniors in International House in spring. At that time, a State review of test scoring revealed that one of the highest ELA Regents scores in the school was earned by an ESL student. In spring 2000, the team devoted its research agenda to studying International House student performance on the ELA Regents, in order to identify those factors which contribute to students' passing the exam.