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Middletown officials detail growth, staffing and after-school supports for multilingual learners
Summary
Superintendent and ML staff told the board the district's multilingual learner population rose from 272 on Oct. 1 to 295 on Feb. 11 (with two more enrollments pending), prompting expanded bilingual designation at elementary and middle schools and new after-school and tutoring programs backed by grants.
MIDDLETOWN, Feb. 11 — Middletown Public Schools officials told the Board of Education on Feb. 11 that the district’s population of multilingual learners has grown sharply this school year and that staff are expanding in-school and after-school services to meet rising demand.
At a presentation led by Superintendent Dr. Vasquez Matos and Colleen Fitzpatrick of the district ML (multilingual learners) team, administrators said enrollment of students identified for ML services rose from 272 on the Oct. 1 count to 295 as of Feb. 11, and that two additional students were expected to enroll the week after the meeting.
The increase has prompted changes to bilingual designations. “Middletown High School and Beaman Middle School are designated as bilingual schools,” Fitzpatrick said. She added that with student growth at McDonough and Farm Hill, those two elementary schools “now qualify as well,” meaning they will require bilingual teacher…
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