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| Title | County Schools Work to Meet Needs of Latino Learners, NC |
| Body | There is a growing population of English language learners in Jackson Country Schools in North Carolina. The small numbers make it unfeasible for schools to provide sheltered instruction or bilingual education. Instead, students attend either "pull-out" programs at the elementary school level or an English-as-a-second-language class in high school. According to Alesha McCauley (misspelled in the article as Cauley), North Carolina differs from other states by providing local education agencies the option of structuring their own programs, so that each can meet the needs of their unique situation. All students, though, whose native language is not English must be tested for English language fluency upon enrollment into the North Carolina school system and then again at least once a year to assess their progress. Recently, two meetings for the families of English language learners were held that were deemed a success, thus, in the near future, Paul Strop, the ESL coordinator and migrant recruiter is planning on holding a "community-wide Fiesta Latina." To read the entire article, visit: http://www.thesylvaherald.com/031804/html/ county_schools_work_to_meet_ne.html |
| Source | Carey King of The Sylvia Herald |
| Inputdate | 2004-04-01 10:31:00 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2004-04-01 10:31:00 |
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