Is there anyone in DCUMville who sends a DC to Stuart (new name to follow)?

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Anonymous wrote:I work at Stuart and since the year has begun we have received nearly 100 level 1 ESOL students who are all freshman. Some come with courses from their home countries so they may be sophomores. Most are 14 and 15 when they register but we did have several who were weeks before turning 18 when they registered.

This happens every year at Stuart, we especially hit hard in January and February when the central American school year ends. The problem is we can't hire staff in anticipation so by the end of the year our ESOL classes end up being close to 30 kids and we have to have teachers teach extra classes.

This also effects the general education students because the team taught teachers get pulled from their classes. This means a team taught class is no longer team team taught and a general education teacher has the ESOL and gen Ed kids.

How is this not a serious issue of inequity for non-ESOL students at Stuart High School?

It absolutely is and they should have a case.

Anonymous wrote:I work at Stuart and since the year has begun we have received nearly 100 level 1 ESOL students who are all freshman. Some come with courses from their home countries so they may be sophomores. Most are 14 and 15 when they register but we did have several who were weeks before turning 18 when they registered.

This happens every year at Stuart, we especially hit hard in January and February when the central American school year ends. The problem is we can't hire staff in anticipation so by the end of the year our ESOL classes end up being close to 30 kids and we have to have teachers teach extra classes.

This also effects the general education students because[b] the team taught teachers get pulled from their classes.[/b] This means a team taught class is no longer team team taught and a general education teacher has the ESOL and gen Ed kids.

Oh, lovely, so they come up here on their school break for free English and meals do they? Meanwhile, they hand us the bill?

Anonymous wrote:I work at Stuart and since the year has begun we have received nearly 100 level 1 ESOL students who are all freshman. Some come with courses from their home countries so they may be sophomores. Most are 14 and 15 when they register but we did have several who were weeks before turning 18 when they registered.

This happens every year at Stuart, we especially hit hard in January and February when the central American school year ends. The problem is we can't hire staff in anticipation so by the end of the year our ESOL classes end up being close to 30 kids and we have to have teachers teach extra classes.

This also effects the general education students because the team taught teachers get pulled from their classes. This means a team taught class is no longer team team taught and a general education teacher has the ESOL and gen Ed kids.

How is this not a serious issue of inequity for non-ESOL students at Stuart High School?

I work at Stuart and since the year has begun we have received nearly 100 level 1 ESOL students who are all freshman. Some come with courses from their home countries so they may be sophomores. Most are 14 and 15 when they register but we did have several who were weeks before turning 18 when they registered.

This happens every year at Stuart, we especially hit hard in January and February when the central American school year ends. The problem is we can't hire staff in anticipation so by the end of the year our ESOL classes end up being close to 30 kids and we have to have teachers teach extra classes.

This also effects the general education students because the team taught teachers get pulled from their classes. This means a team taught class is no longer team team taught and a general education teacher has the ESOL and gen Ed kids.

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Anonymous wrote:One thing I've noticed is that, since the current school year began, there has been an increase in the number of reported freshmen in FCPS by over 500 students, concentrated primarily in the schools with more low-income kids. I do wonder whether many of these students are older Hispanics being placed in 9th grade. Hard to see why the number of freshmen at Langley, McLean and Madison has stayed the same, but there are now 75 more 9th graders at Stuart than there were in September 2016.

This theory makes sense. There is on the overall more mid-year transience in our lower income pyramids.

Yes, but usually the main variation in the lower-income pyramids is a higher-than-average number of dropouts junior year, not a big increase in the number of 9th graders.

Anonymous wrote:One thing I've noticed is that, since the current school year began, there has been an increase in the number of reported freshmen in FCPS by over 500 students, concentrated primarily in the schools with more low-income kids. I do wonder whether many of these students are older Hispanics being placed in 9th grade. Hard to see why the number of freshmen at Langley, McLean and Madison has stayed the same, but there are now 75 more 9th graders at Stuart than there were in September 2016.

This theory makes sense. There is on the overall more mid-year transience in our lower income pyramids.

One thing I've noticed is that, since the current school year began, there has been an increase in the number of reported freshmen in FCPS by over 500 students, concentrated primarily in the schools with more low-income kids. I do wonder whether many of these students are older Hispanics being placed in 9th grade. Hard to see why the number of freshmen at Langley, McLean and Madison has stayed the same, but there are now 75 more 9th graders at Stuart than there were in September 2016.

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/programs/ucs/state-by-state-uc-placed-sponsors

The above federal government site lists counties that got more than 50 official undocumented unaccompanied minors by fiscal year from October 2013 through January 2017. This excludes ones not caught by the border patrol/ICE. One can assume that unless an elementary school age illegal is traveling with older siblings that these are all older.

Virginia got 9582 out of 132,573. Each period has FX getting more than 50.

To get the totals a taxpayer has to compile an excel spreadsheet but luckily each county/illegal total posts in columns.

FCPS after the Obama created incentive with the Dreamers got:
Oct 2013 thru Sept 2014 =1373
Oct 2014 thru Sept 2015=560
Oct 2015 thru Sept 2016=1321
Oct 2016 thru Jan 2017= 671

That recent 671 is for 4 months so annualize it to 2013.

FCPS has low class sizes for these illegal immigrants so 3925+ is what in building capacity?

Seems to be facility and staff allocation comparable in scope to Robinson Secondary School.

It says 18 plus year olds.

Anonymous wrote:Because it's the law. But that doesn't mean that we have to have 18 plus year olds with 14 year olds. We can push for separate classes. Just like elementary school - if you're not within 2 years of the appropriate age group for the class you need to go elsewhere - to a different school or class.

You keep saying 18 year olds. There are 21 year olds in classes with 14 year olds

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All need to be put in self-contained buildings for ESOL transitional high school:
https://www.fcps.edu/academics/adult-education-academics/transitional-esol-high-school

When we have to vote on issuing bond to fund this school, are you going to vote yes or are you going to complain about yet more resources going to this population?

Transitional is on the chopping block for major cuts. Perhaps we need more of it, not less.

Because it's the law. But that doesn't mean that we have to have 18 plus year olds with 14 year olds. We can push for separate classes. Just like elementary school - if you're not within 2 years of the appropriate age group for the class you need to go elsewhere - to a different school or class.