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CCSD reports growth among multilingual learners — 7,000 students served and targeted supports expanded
Summary
A district presentation showed a 46% increase in multilingual learners (now over 7,000, including more than 2,500 newcomers), year‑over‑year gains on the WIDA ACCESS assessment, and expanded supports including co‑teaching, translanguaging and nearly $12.4 million in WSF allocations to support multilingual services.
District leaders presented WIDA ACCESS growth and proficiency data on March 23, saying multilingual learners have grown substantially in Charleston County and that the district is scaling supports to meet student needs.
A presenter summarized progress: multilingual‑learner enrollment in CCSD has grown by 46% over the years covered in the presentation, to more than 7,000 students districtwide; of those, staff said, roughly 2,500 are…
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