GUNTER ISD approves ELL program evaluation; district reports 100 emergent bilingual students

The district presented and the board approved its annual emergent bilingual (ELL) program evaluation. The ELL presenter told trustees, "We have 100 emergent bilinguals in our district," and detailed the distribution (68 at the elementary campus, 21 at the middle school and 11 at the high school) and program staffing model (content-based ESL at the elementary level and pull-out services at middle and high school). The presentation said 98 students were receiving ELL services; two students were recorded as parent-denied services.