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Board hears multilingual learners strategy as district aims to raise OELPA gap‑closing score
Summary
District officials outlined a multipart plan for multilingual learners — new welcome centers, an EL cadre, the Elevation data platform, and an OELPA growth target rising from about 46% to 57.25% — and answered board questions about family engagement, translation and external partnerships.
Cincinnati Public Schools officials gave the board a detailed update Nov. 10 on services and strategic work for multilingual learners (MLLs), including an explicit target tied to the Ohio English language proficiency assessment (OELPA).
Dr. Adam Cooper, manager for multilingual and English language learners, told the board the district currently serves about 5,600–5,700 MLL students — roughly 16% of enrollment — across 67 home languages, with Spanish accounting for about 70% of English learners. He said the district’s goal for the OELPA gap‑closing measure is to increase…
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