at the southern border is expected to quickly have an impact on a South Bay school that caters to the immigrant community. in East San Jose, are calling for additional resources from both local and state governments to help them meet the demand.When he first enrolled in Escuela Popular he said this about his English-language skills, "I couldn’t say hi or the number one.""Escuela Popular helped me to learn the language first of all, the Escuela Popular is almost home.
"We always enroll about 150 to 200 students every nine and a half weeks which is our capacity and then we put them on a waitlist, and it is a continuous cycle," Reguerin said. San Jose Councilmember Peter Ortiz, who represents the district where the school is located, is urging action.