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Boerne ISD reports rising gains for emergent bilingual students; district details support and reclassification progress
Summary
Director of multilingual programs Triana Fontecha told trustees Boerne ISD currently serves 710 emergent bilingual students and reported stronger-than-regional outcomes on STAR and TELPAS; the district outlined staffing, waiver filings to TEA and planned campus EB support teams.
Triana Fontecha, director of multilingual programs for Boerne Independent School District, told the board Sept. 15 that the district currently serves 710 emergent bilingual (EB) students and has reclassified 93 students as English proficient in the 2024-25 school year. "Currently, our total enrollment of emergent bilingual students is 710," she said.
Fontecha said Boerne's EB students are concentrated in elementary grades (497 elementary; 102 middle; 111 high school) and reported the district outperformed regional averages on state assessments for EB students: "At the 2025 STAAR results... Boerne ISD outperformed both with 69%" in reading, while the region stood at 62%. She said…
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