Venetia Valley principal details growth of dual‑language program, inclusion and academic supports

Venetia Valley Principal Armando Oseguera told the San Rafael City Schools Board of Trustees on March 20 that the school is expanding its dual language immersion (DLI) pathway and working to strengthen interventions and family engagement to support student learning.

Oseguera said Venetia Valley serves about 800 students total — roughly 550 in elementary grades and 240–250 in middle grades — and that the campus currently employs about 38 certificated teachers, 23 classified staff and 22–23 bilingual staff. "Venetia Valley is a community school where students, families, and staff are celebrated for who they already are and are supported everywhere, in every way to become all that they aspire to," Oseguera said.

The school’s DLI track begins with a 90/10 Spanish/English model in TK and kindergarten and increases English instruction incrementally until reaching a 50/50 split in upper elementary grades, he said. Oseguera told…