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Solia Matute and her husband, Jeff Eshleman, notice more than a two-year age difference between sons Freddy and Sammy Eshleman. Freddy, 8, speaks, reads and writes his motherâs native Spanish. Sammy, 6, sometimes stumbles through the language, even though his parents speak it at home. The difference can be attributed to School District of Lancasterâs Dual Language Immersion program, the Lancaster couple says. As part of the program, Freddy has learned lessons at Wharton Elementary in Spanish and English since kindergarten. He starts third grade in the fall. Sammy, who starts first grade in the fall, was not accepted into the program. ....
When: School District of Lancaster board meeting, May 19. What happened: Lancaster resident Deborah Siegrist broke into sobs as she begged board members to fund and expand the Dual Language Immersion program after a consultantâs report concluded the program, which began in 2009, should change or be phased out because itâs not meeting objectives. Quotable: âAs you can see, Iâm emotional,â Siegrist said. âThe program has impacted my family dramatically.â At issue: Several parents, community members and students spoke in favor of the program after The Center for Applied Linguistics recommended the district spend more than the budgeted $1.2 million to expand the program or shut it down. The report calls for hiring a dual language specialist to oversee operations and to increase student participation from 162 to 225. The board, however, has voiced no plans to end the curriculum and has extended its current funding in next yearâs budge ....
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