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Seminole County highlights ESOL gains, incoming-student supports at Hispanic Heritage kickoff
Summary
District ESOL staff and students presented outcomes and supports for English learners, including exit and screening counts, dual-language offerings and tools planned for newcomers.
Seminole County Public Schools outlined results and supports for English learners during a Sept. 16 school board meeting presentation that kicked off the districtHispanic Heritage Month celebrations.
The presentation, led by ESOL curriculum specialist Vanessa Brewster, reported that the district has exited 667 students from ESOL services this year after they met state exit criteria and has screened more than 1,500 new students for the program. "We represent 132 different countries in our district," Brewster said, adding that the district continues to monitor exited students for two years.
Why it matters: The report summarized how the district is scaling supports for newcomers and for large multilingual student populations, including targeted summer programs, sheltered instruction at the secondary level and dual-language programs in nine schools. Board members…
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