Students with limited proficiency in the English language have the opportunity to work with a teacher-specialist to develop needed verbal and written skills deemed necessary to be successful in the regular education program. ELL classes providing support services take place during the school day in each of our attendance centers.

When they enter our schools, students are identified, through the Home Language Survey. Students whose parents speak a language other than English in the home are tested by an ELL specialist to determine the level of English language proficiency in the areas of reading, writing, and speaking. Based on this proficiency, students are provided services by the ELL specialist outside of the general education classroom. In addition, the ELL specialist and the classroom teacher collaborate to determine how to best meet the needs of the student in the classroom.

Students are not exited from the program until the student has acquired a sufficient level of proficiency to be successful in the general education classroom.