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Goose Creek CISD reports enrollment trends, multilingual gains and special-education caseload growth
Summary
District leaders told trustees the system now serves more than 43 home languages, reported reclassification gains for emergent bilingual students, and provided special-education data: 24,022 students districtwide with 4,475 served in special education (18.62%), a 71% inclusion rate and a Results Driven Accountability determination level of 2.
District curriculum and special programs staff presented detailed updates on multilingual, migrant and special-education services at the Nov. 10 board meeting.
Sam Torres Banda, director of the Multilingual and Migrant Department, said the district now documents more than 43 home languages and noted steady reclassification of emergent bilingual students (more than 300 students reclassified over two years). Torres Banda highlighted family engagement initiatives such as…
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