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District staff outline supports for multilingual and refugee students, citing partnerships and technology tools
Summary
Tolleson Union High School District staff told the board about programs and partnerships serving English learners and students on refugee status, describing school‑level supports, community partners and technology tools used to boost access and graduation.
Christina Boston, director of Multilingual and Multicultural Education for Tolleson Union High School District, briefed the governing board on the district’s English learner (EL) and refugee‑student supports, including partnership work, staffing supports, technology tools and achievement metrics.
Boston told trustees the district serves more than 14,000 students and that about 10 percent are English learners; she reported a set of program counts during the presentation, including students in the EL program, newcomers and a small number identified as refugee‑status newcomers. She said Spanish is the predominant home language but that the district documents roughly 50 languages across its schools and that Copper Canyon and…
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