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Parents and educators urge Bellevue to expand dual-language offerings and improve placement responsiveness
Summary
Public commenters described successful pilot models for American Sign Language and asked Bellevue to adopt similar programs; a displaced family described nearly a year-long delay in placement into a Spanish dual-language program before a placement to Stevenson was finally offered.
Two public commenters told the board the district should expand dual-language options and improve placement responsiveness for displaced bilingual students.
Melissa Taylor, a dual-language teacher at Highland, described a Puyallup School District pilot American Sign Language (ASL) dual-language program that began with a mixed composition of deaf/hard-of-hearing and hearing students and reported no…
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