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District outlines ESL strategic goals, highlights adult-learner pilot and family outreach
Summary
Cleveland City Schools presented ESL strategic-plan goals—shared instructional responsibility, high-quality instruction, supportive environments, and family engagement—and described a pilot adult-ESL class (initial cohort ~30, core ~12) run at the Family Resource Center supported by Title III funding and local partnerships.
Cleveland City Schools presented an ESL-focused strategic update at the board meeting, detailing student-language demographics, program outcomes and a newly launched adult-English pilot.
Chris Duncan, the district’s supervisor of ESL, told the board that "30.1% of our students have a multilingual background" and discussed growth trends from 2021–2025 that have recently leveled. Duncan said the district reported 301 former English learners who have exited the program and that last year 118 students were exited from ESL—"slightly ahead…
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