NEISD considers ‘clustering’ dual language campuses to cut costs

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Superintendent Sean Maika said consolidating the program into specialized bilingual schools would save $8M and help with an ongoing teacher shortage.

Faced with a $39 million deficit, North East Independent School District officials have proposed consolidating its dual language program into fewer campuses to save money, which could leave its rising population of Spanish-speaking students with fewer places to enroll.

Southwest ISD giving free Thanksgiving turkeys to all employees Every dual language campus will host a meeting to go over the survey questions. Regency Place went first. The meetings will end with Stone Oak Elementary on Jan. 17. The schools then will select a focus group of parents and educators to meet once a week through February and make a final recommendation to the NEISD board sometime in the spring.

Alamo Colleges taking longer strides to break poverty In recent years, the educational model has attracted growing numbers of English-speaking families who see the value in their children becoming bilingual. At Regency Place Elementary, which has 434 students, Muzquiz said dual language and general education classrooms are operating at 70% and 57% respectively. Efficiency rates are based on the state’s recommended 22:1 student-teacher ratio.

 

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