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Resident tells Battle Creek school board 60% of multilingual staff were laid off; board pledges follow-up
Summary
At the Feb. 9 Battle Creek Public Schools work session, resident Sarita Collins told the board she believes about 60% of multilingual/EL staff were laid off and pressed the district on how it will meet new MDE English-language development requirements; the board said staff would follow up.
SARITA COLLINS, a resident who identified herself during the public-comment period, told the Battle Creek Public Schools Board of Education that she believes “approximately 60% of the staff who were multilingual or EL language learners were laid off” before the start of the school year and asked the board to confirm and explain why.
Collins also noted that the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is now requiring “a specific number of designated and integrated English language development…
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