Almost two years have passed since the Congolese family came to Roanoke from a Tanzanian refugee camp after fleeing the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Roanoke has more than 1,630 students eligible for EL services, which is nearly 12% of about 14,000 students in the division, according to data from May provided by the city school system.
One indication of the importance of immigrants to Roanoke is the city school division’s efforts that go into teaching English to immigrants’ children. Nearly 12% of the city’s 14,000 students