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Parents and teachers press PPS for Vietnamese immersion staffing as paraeducators raise alarm over ESS transfer
Summary
At the Oct. 14 board meeting parents, teachers and state Rep. Thuy Tran urged Portland Public Schools to add staff to the Vietnamese dual language immersion program amid 31‑student first‑grade classes; earlier public comment raised alarm over a district plan to transfer paraeducator subs to private firm ESS.
Parents, teachers and a state representative urged the Portland Public Schools board on Oct. 14 to address understaffing in the Vietnamese Dual Language Immersion (VDLI) program and to clarify a planned transfer of paraeducator substitutes to a private staffing company.
VDLI staffing crisis State Representative Thuy Tran (House District 45) told the board Rose City Park’s first‑grade VDLI cohort has one teacher for 31 students and asked the district to assign additional full‑time equivalent (FTE) positions to restore the 50/50 model. "If we can pass the threshold for 33 then more kids can come," Tran said, asking the board to find funding for another teacher.
Parents and teachers echoed that plea. Bobby Rowett and other parents described large…
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