BY BRITTANY ANDERSON & BROOKE SJOBERG
Hutto ISD administrators eye expansion of dual language program
Hutto ISD could expand the dual language learning program to a new elementary school set to open this fall, administrators say, without adding more positions to the district’s budget. What you need to know In an update on the district’s emergent bilingual and dual language education program, Brittany Swanson, HISD’s associate superintendent of instruction and innovation, said administrators are eyeing a potential expansion to Lee Martinez Elementary School when it opens in August. Chief of Schools Cara Malone said that this could be achieved by stang the rest of positions allocated for the program, without needing to add more positions to the district’s budget. There are currently eight vacancies for positions within the program, she said, which is dicult to sta due to certi cation requirements. About the program The two pieces of the program— emergent bilingual and dual language—address the needs of
“I think it’s really important that students are closer to their neighborhood to receive
those languages.” BRITTANY SWANSON, HUTTO ISD’S ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSTRUCTION AND INNOVATION
students who arrive in Hutto ISD without speaking English, and provide opportunities for children from English-speaking families to learn Spanish in elementary school, Swanson said. While the district is required to provide services to emergent bilingual students, who are de ned by the Texas Education Agency as students learning English with a dierent primary or home language, parents can opt their children into the dual language immersion program as capacity allows, she said.
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Candidacy lings show no challengers for HISD board election
Hutto ISD will not hold an election this May, after only incumbents led applications to appear on the ballot. Three at-large positions on the board of trustees held by Board President Billie Logiudice, Vice President Shannon Jacobs and Terrence Owens were to appear on the ballot, but only those trustees submitted application
packets, according to the district. What you need to know The ling period to run for the district’s board of trustees ran from Jan. 15 to Feb. 14, with no challengers submitting applica- tions to appear on the ballot. HISD trustees are at-large representatives and serve out three-year terms.
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