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Manassas board highlights adult ESL expansion and family-engagement program; families urge growth
Summary
Manassas City Public Schools presented an expanded adult English-as-a-second-language and family-engagement program funded largely by federal Title III dollars; families and board members urged expanding capacity as classes have wait lists and teachers, not funding, are the limiting factor.
Manassas City Public Schools presented a detailed update on its adult English-language and family-engagement work on March 11, highlighting a growing program that serves more than 100 adult learners and relies primarily on federal Title III funds, officials said.
Kurt Nunez, the division's director of federal programs and family engagement, told the school board that the division began offering adult ESL classes with community partners and has since expanded to nine classes serving 116 adult learners across levels. He said the program uses Title III Part A funds and related federal grants to underwrite materials and teacher salaries and that the program's current constraint is teacher availability for evening classes, not a lack of funding.
'Our students don't just learn English,' Nunez said, describing collaboration with nonprofit partners and local churches. He…
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