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Mountain_Bill5743 t1_j4xdeve wrote

Reply to comment by leavingthecold in Providence vs Johnston Schools by Ragetheprofet

ESL is offered much the same way that the ADA is offered-- its a legal mandate at the national level. The Department of Justice has sued both Boston and Providence regarding compliance. If Barrington got an influx of non native speakers tomorrow, they'd need to revamp their courses as well. You wouldn't get mad at kids with learning disabilities for having resources allocated to them, so have the same empathy for multilingual students.

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leavingthecold t1_j4y4myg wrote

Is this something you saw yourself within the past 30-40 years? I can tell you a bunch of elementary schools in Providence that didn't offer ESL for whatever reason but had a high amount of non English non European language speakers. I didnt see it until middle school and high school. You know what the funny thing was , kids thrown in the mix at an early age didn't need it unless they were playing stupid and being lazy, the only ones that needed it were recent arrivals that came in teenage years.

Lets not throw Barrington in the mix, the property values and taxes wouldn't let that happen.

I'm very well versed in multilingual students, as i went to school with more than a handful. But you know ESL here is focused on Spanish speaking students, there are people from Africa, Asia,etc here that have different languages and writing systems that veer way far from who the curriculum is focused on.

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Mountain_Bill5743 t1_j4y9ghj wrote

Its the law.

It didn't happen back then....which is why they were sued by the Federal Government.

Is Barrington part of the Federal Government? Then its also the law there.

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leavingthecold t1_j4ylubj wrote

The law on the books probably enforced only when someone cries

Barrington again, any person that doesnt' speak English moving there more than likely will come from money or they would be able to afford to live there. More than likely can hire private tutors. So its not needed law or not.

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