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Wimberley ISD highlights TELPAS results and struggles to recruit ESL-certified teachers
Summary
ESL Coordinator Jessica Guzman reviewed 2024 TELPAS results, explained reclassification procedures, and said ESL education assistants support interventions at each campus while the district continues to face staffing and recruitment challenges for ESL-certified teachers.
Jessica Guzman, ESL Coordinator and a first-grade teacher at Blue Hole Primary, presented the district's Bilingual/ESL program update, reviewing 2024 TELPAS assessment results and outlining the student reclassification process. Guzman described how ESL education assistants are deployed at each campus to support interventions across tiers.
Guzman noted ongoing staffing and recruitment challenges for ESL-certified teachers and highlighted family engagement work such as a recent successful game night for students and parents at Blue Hole Primary. The presentation was informational; trustees did not take formal action on staffing during the meeting.
