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Danbury adult-education enrollment more than doubles as program wins grants, adds ESL capacity
Summary
The district's adult and continuing education program reported large enrollment growth, new state and federal grant funding, expanded ESL locations and a new teacher-certification partnership that added instructors at no cost to participants.
Danbury Board of Education heard a report from Rick Rayuci, regional director for adult and continuing education, who told the board the program has more than doubled enrollment in two years and has added services including GED in Spanish, expanded ESL locations and family literacy tied to elementary schools.
Rayuci said the program has grown partly because of outside funding and new partnerships: a federal grant that began three years ago grew from "about a hundred thousand dollars" initially to $185,000 this year, and a contract with the regional workforce board brings roughly $70,000 annually to support employment services.
The growth matters to the district because many adult learners are parents or guardians of children in Danbury schools. Rayuci told the board there were 1,334 individuals served through March and that…
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