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Ossining staff seek more ELL and dual‑language staff, Spanish content in middle school as program grows
Summary
District staff told the board that the multilingual learner population and dual‑language program have expanded and asked for new ELL teachers, Spanish AIS positions and a sixth‑grade Spanish social‑studies course to support bilingual learners and compliance with NYS regulations.
Nancy, a district multilingual‑learner staff presenter, gave the Board of Education an update on English learners, the dual‑language immersion program and world‑language courses on March 19, reporting that the district’s multilingual programs now serve roughly 1,100 students and describing several staffing and program requests for the 2025–26 budget year.
Nancy said the district has seen net increases in English learner enrollment in recent years and that many incoming kindergarten students enter at the “entering” proficiency level. The multilingual‑learner department asked the board to fund three additional ELL teacher full‑time equivalents to meet minutes‑of‑service requirements under state guidance, add Spanish AIS (academic intervention services) teachers at Brookside and Claremont and expand dual‑language sections so cohorts that started in…
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