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Rockwall ISD reports expansion of bilingual program, 66 home languages and reclassification gains

Rockwall Independent School District Board of Trustees · February 16, 2026

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District multilingual services presented an annual bilingual/ESL update: 66 home languages reported (top three Spanish, Amharic, Arabic), bilingual programming was extended through fifth grade, and 268 students reclassified out of the emergent bilingual program last year.

Patty Martinez, district director of multilingual services, presented Rockwall ISD’s bilingual and ESL annual update on Feb. 16, reporting program growth, language diversity and reclassification data.

Martinez said Rockwall ISD has 66 home languages among emergent bilingual students drawn from about 70 countries; the top three languages are…

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