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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good luck finding qualified teachers for 3 more schools.  [/quote]

Well, they just need to find bilingual teachers for one grade per school. Not a huge lift.[/quote]

Not how it works.  If you have 4 K classes then you need 2 bilingual teachers.
And then add new bilingual teachers every year.  
And current teachers will have to leave the school or shift to other positions.[/quote]

Correct, at least based off of current models. But if they choose certain schools, it won’t have as big of impact on staff. Certain schools are already operating in a nearly bilingual fashion by necessity in many classes and with many ELD teachers. I’m hoping it’s those schools that get the program to limit the learning loss for the many kids newly transitioning into the schools from Spanish-speaking countries. Spanish-speaking teachers are already often clustered there. [/quote]

I'll be curious to see which schools are selected, but in general I agree. My kids are at a school where many of the teachers are already bilingual. Schools with a significant number of Spanish speakers have been recruiting bilingual/bicultural teachers for years, in part to have culturally competent staff on hand. [/quote]

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