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Board keeps 26‑student cap in Spanish immersion enrollment but agrees to refine transfer language
Summary
The board approved the Spanish immersion enrollment procedures (Policy 200.1 AR) that reinstate a 26‑student cap per classroom and asked administrators to return with clearer transfer‑in and proficiency language before the next school year.
Directors approved changes to the Spanish immersion enrollment administrative regulations while agreeing to revisit specific transfer‑in language.
Administration explained the proposed change had initially included targeted enrollment dictated by administration but the policy was returned to its original language with a cap of 26 students per classroom and revised procedures aligning elementary school practice and lottery procedures. One board member asked whether the policy should restrict enrolling students after kindergarten; another asked that any deletion of the restrictive sentence be paired with corrective language elsewhere to preserve clarity and class‑size parity.
After discussion, board members agreed to ratify the policy to allow necessary provisions to be implemented for the upcoming year while committing to return at a later meeting to add clearer language about proficiency/testing for transfer students. “If the space is available, with the procedure that is similar to those who are transferring in... with some sort of testing and making sure that the student actually is able to participate in the classroom and they're not behind, I think that's a worthy cause,” one board member said during the discussion.
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