District expands EL supports: Imagine Learning, extra groups and Spanish testing options

Oct 8, 2025

District administrators described targeted supports for monolingual and new‑arrival students including extra small groups run by Miss Hartstein, a partnership with IESD to deploy Imagine Learning, and Spanish-language testing options for assessment accuracy.

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Lacy described supports for students learning English and said staff are "running a couple of extra groups" for monolingual students to provide more structured instruction beyond regular EL class. She named Miss Hartstein as staff running those groups and said the district is "partnered with the IESD on getting...It's called Imagine Learning," a program that lets students listen and speak English into a microphone to prepare for ELPA exams.

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