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Monroe schools to use nearly $1 million DOJ grant for targeted support to English‑learner students
Summary
A three‑year Department of Justice grant will fund bilingual teachers, parent liaisons, telehealth counseling and an EL task force at Key West High and Horace O'Bryant to address trauma, chronic stress and cultural navigation for newly arrived English‑learner students.
The Monroe County School District outlined plans to use a Department of Justice grant of just under $1 million over three years to provide targeted services for recently arrived English‑learner students, district staff said.
Erin Williams, who presented the grant plan, said the district will concentrate services at Horace O'Bryant School and Key West High School because those two sites have the highest numbers of English‑learner students. "The bulk of the funding is going to be to hire two new teachers," Williams said, explaining the major line items in…
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