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Parent urges Wyoming City schools to study Spanish immersion and dual-language programming
Summary
At the Aug. board meeting, parent Maldonado Fuller asked the Wyoming Board of Education to send Spanish immersion and dual-language programming to the citizen advisory committee for study, citing research she said shows gains in English literacy and long-term biliteracy outcomes.
A parent asked the Wyoming Board of Education on Aug. 27 to direct its citizen advisory committee to study Spanish immersion and dual-language programming in primary grades, saying the district risks losing students’ home-language fluency without advanced options earlier in the curriculum.
Maldonado Fuller, introduced by the board as a parent of a second grader in the district, said her daughter — who entered the district fluent in Spanish — “is losing her confidence in speaking Spanish” and that families she has spoken with have chosen homeschooling or other options because of limited advanced language…
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