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Warrick County School Corp. details services for 523 multilingual learners; director highlights staffing, testing and supports
Summary
Director of learning Jason Fisher told the board the district counted 523 multilingual learners on Oct. 1, about 5% of students, with 240 currently receiving E&L services; the district added three teachers of record and reports higher-than-state pass rates on certain assessments.
Jason Fisher, Warrick County School Corp.'s director of learning, told the school board the district counted "523" multilingual learners on Oct. 1 and that about 240 students currently receive English-as-a-new-language services.
"523. That is the official count of our multilingual learner population on Oct. 1," Fisher said, noting roughly 5% of the district's students are multilingual learners and that 43 non‑English languages are spoken in district homes. He said John H. Castle Elementary accounts for the largest share of E&L students (about 27% of the district's E&L population) and Castle High School about 20%.
Fisher described how the district identifies E&L students: a home language survey at initial enrollment triggers screening with the WIDA…
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