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Port Arthur ISD presents 2024–25 bilingual/ESL evaluation; filings of exceptions, waivers fall
Summary
District director Naomi Knowlton told the board Port Arthur ISD served roughly 2,800 emergent bilingual students in 2024–25, highlighted reclassification gains and said planned bilingual exception and ESL waiver filings drop to 20 and 2 for 2025–26 from 28 and 4 last year.
Naomi Knowlton, director of the district’s multilingual and migrant programs, presented the Port Arthur ISD 2024–25 bilingual/ESL program evaluation and told the board the report fulfills state requirements under chapter 89 of the Texas Administrative Code.
The presentation said the district served approximately 2,803 emergent bilingual students in 2024–25 — about 34.9% of total enrollment — and implements three language-instruction educational programs: transitional bilingual early-exit, ESL content-based and ESL pullout. "In total, we served last year 2,803 students, which is 34.9% of our total enrollment for 24, 25," Knowlton said.
Knowlton highlighted reclassification progress: 127 students were…
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