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Pawtucket committee backs bilingual education resolution as district grows dual-language program
Summary
The committee approved a resolution supporting state bilingual education legislation while district staff reported 1,852 multilingual learners (about 23% of enrollment) and Baldwin Elementary's new K–1 dual-language program plans to add grade 2 next year.
Pawtucket school officials on March 3 voted to support a state bill to fund bilingual education while the district described early-stage growth in its dual‑language offerings.
A Baldwin dual‑language teacher, Michaela McKahi, told the committee the program opened this year with kindergarten and first grade sections and urged stronger promotion and staffing to expand enrollment sustainably. "The dual language program should be branded as what it is, a robust bilingual education," she said, urging…
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