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Carmel Unified reports ELPAC gains; multilingual learners, reclassification and staff training highlighted

Carmel Unified School District Board of Education · October 23, 2025
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Kara Gober, Carmel Unifieds English Learner Program Director and principal of Captain Cooper Elementary School, presented ELPAC outcomes, reclassification criteria and district supports for multilingual learners, reporting a current English learner count of 43 and a district reclassification rate of about 30%.

Kara Gober, the district English learner (EL) program director and principal of Captain Cooper Elementary School, updated the board on Carmel Unifieds multilingual learner supports, ELPAC outcomes and professional learning plans for staff.

Gober said the district identifies multilingual learners through the California home-language survey and the initial ELPAC. She reported the current identified English learner population at 43 students (one student reclassified since the slide was prepared); the group includes 16 newcomers (in the U.S. three years or…

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