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Hope United Methodist Church reports ELL program serving dozens in Bedford City
Summary
A church-led English-language program run in partnership with Esperanza and Bedford City Schools averaged about 55 adult learners per session, provided childcare and tutoring, and distributed donated hygiene and baby supplies, the presenter told the board.
Mister Johnson, speaking on behalf of Hope United Methodist Church, told the Bedford City Board of Education that the church’s six-week English Language Learner (ELL) pilot averaged 55 adults per session and included homework tutoring for school-age children and childcare for toddlers.
The program grew quickly after it began in April and drew community support, Johnson said. “We averaged 55 people at each session,” he said, and volunteers from the church — many of them parents from the Bedford…
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