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Parents and teachers urge Portland school board to add teacher for Vietnamese dual‑language immersion amid first‑grade overcrowding
Summary
Parents, teachers and a state representative urged the board to assign an additional full‑time teacher to Rose City Park's Vietnamese Dual Language Immersion (VDLI) first‑grade class, saying a single teacher is managing 30 students and that understaffing undermines equity and instructional quality.
Parents, teachers and state Representative Thuy Tran pressed Portland Public Schools leaders during public comment Oct. 14 to add full‑time educator capacity to the Rose City Park Vietnamese Dual Language Immersion (VDLI) first‑grade classroom, citing severe overcrowding and resulting stress for students and teachers.
Representative Tran and several parents described a first‑grade class of 30 students taught by a single teacher, Miss Chao Vuong, who said the workload is overwhelming and that balancing instruction half the day in Vietnamese and half in English is causing ‘‘constant anxiety and emotional exhaustion.’’ Parents and program advocates said the VDLI program has produced strong academic outcomes historically…
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