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Weber School District presents DLI study, proposes 30-student cap at Bates and possible Chinese DLI boundary study
Summary
District staff summarized a year-long review of special programs and recommended a 30-student first-grade cap at Bates to reduce staffing overages, moving DLI under Student Access & Opportunity and asking the board to consider a future boundary/closure study for Chinese DLI; parents urged transparency and raised equity concerns over class-size disparities.
District staff presented the findings of a year-long study of special programs, including dual language immersion (DLI), gifted and talented, STEM and arts, and proposed procedural changes to how programs are added or removed.
Dr. Baccarini and Jamie Ellis told the board the review collected 1,641 completed surveys, summarized academic and fiscal data, and recommended moving DLI formally under Student Access and Opportunity to centralize support. The presenters said visa costs for DLI teachers typically run about $7,000 per teacher and noted uncertainty around new H‑1B rules. They described class‑size targets and staffing tradeoffs on DLI versus traditional tracks and provided three-year AP exam pass-rate averages: for Chinese-language AP courses they reported 39.3%…
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