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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1981
Local schools in good shape with bilingual education
By GWEN HAM
Battalion Reporter
Most of Texas may be in general
upheaval over U.S. District Judge
William Wayne Justice’s ruling to
tend bilingual education
roughout primary and secon-
schools, but Bryan-College
981 for wfitation schools don’t have much to
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Dntact Maw Justice has ruled that Texas
102, MilraKhools must offer bilingual educa-
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“We re in very good shape as
far as Justice’s ruling,” said Bar
bara Erwin, bilingual supervisor
for the Bryan Independent School
NOTICE district. “BISD has had a biling
ual education program for nine or
10 years in grades K-5. Students in
ades 6-12 receive training and
mpport in English as a Second
anguage (ESL).
‘We have about 170 students in
ithe bilingual program and 25 in
IESL, a special course teaching
English to students who don’t
ispeak English or Spanish.
■ “We hire certified bilingual
Tfeachers who have to take many
lours over and above a regular
jlementary school teacher and
eak both English and Spanish,
e have six certified bilingual
achers and a bilingual aid. ”
While BISD seems to have
ilingual education under control,
(the College Station Independent
chool District’s program is less
[xtensive. CSISD officials recog-
lize that while they don’t have to
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bilingual education is just around
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“CSISD has never had enough
foreign-speaking students to offer
bilingual education,” said Dr.
Judy Huffty, director of curricu
lum and staff development for
CSISD.
“Even though we have 69 to 75
students in grades K-12 that do
not speak English, they may speak
20 different languages because
College Station is a college town
and many kids come in with their
parents who are with the Univer
sity. We just don’t have enough of
one language to require bilingual
education. We only have a few
Spanish-speaking kids and they’re
spread throughout the district.”
But because of an increasing
need within the district, this year
CSISD hired two teachers for En
glish as a Second Language, one
for grades K-8 and one for grades
9-12, Huffty said.
“BISD has one bilingual class in
each level, grades K-4,” Erwin
said. “All fifth graders go to
Lamar’s fifth grade campus where
we offer another bilingual class.
One of the major points of Jus
tice’s order is the requirement
that all subjects be taught in En
glish and Spanish. The only excep
tions are art, music, physical edu
cation and those subjects in which
language proficiency is not essen
tial.
“There are courses that the
Texas Education Agency says we
must teach in our bilingual prog
ram,” Erwin said, “like Spanish
development, English develop
ment, math, social studies, scien
ces and cultural heritage.
“Our goal is to move them (the
students) out of the bilingual prog
ram and into the regular clas
sroom. How long it takes depends
on the child,” Erwin said.
Screening reveals students who
need bilingual education, Erwin
said.
“We ask the parent of every
child that comes into the district to
sign a form identifying the home
language. If anything but English
is spoken we give the child a LAS
(Language Assessment Scale) test.
Scores determine eligibility for
the bilingual program. Testing
goes on all year,” she said.
Although bilingual education
can mean learning in any lan
guage, BISD offers only a Spanish
program. There aren’t enough
children speaking any other lan
guage to offer anything else.
“If we have a child who comes to
us speaking another language —
we had 14 different languages
spoken last year — we offer them
the ESL program,” Erwin said.
CSISD bilingual education in
ESL classes works in a similar
manner. “As soon as the students
get to the point where they feel
like they can go back to the clas
sroom, they move back,” Huffty
said. “While in the special classes,
the students are taught English
and structural language. We just
get them ready to learn other sub
jects like math and social studies. ”
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STATE By BELINDA McCOY
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Citizens of Kyle Avenue pre
sented a petition to the College
Station City Council Thursday
night asking that the council re
consider a decision it made to re
name their street.
The citizens were upset from a
;ecent resolution that the council
assed renaming a recently com-
leted section of Kyle Avenue
hich extended from Texas Ave
ne to Dominick Drive and High
ly 30. The new name was to be
ersty Street East. '
After a lengthy discussion be-
een the council members and
atizens, the council voted to allow
he original sections of the street
hich were named Kyle Avenue
:o remain Kyle Avenue.
As of Jan. 1, 1983, Kyle Avenue
South will become the name of the
new section curving from the ori
ginal Kyle Avenue around to in
tersect with Dominick Drive.
The present Puryear Drive,
which runs between Dominick
Drive and Highway 30, will also
become Kyle Avenue South.
The delayed time element was
idded to allow businesses and
apartments on Puryear Drive time
to deplete their supplies of sta
tionery, saving the owners the
cost of replacing their present sup
plies.
The council also voted to rezone
13-acre tract of land on the south
side of Southwest Parkway East
between Texas Avenue and the
East Bypass from a single family
district to a townhouse district.
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that an adjoining 24-acre tract of
land be changed from a single
family district to an apartment dis
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tion during a public hearing, the
council decided to send the prop
osal back to the Planning and Zon
ing Commission and the city staff
so that future development plans
of the land can be considered
further.
In other action, the council
approved an ordinance raising the
homestead tax exemption, an ad
valorem tax, from $15,000 to
$18,750 for citizens over 65 years
old. The ordinance is the result of
a new state law which raised the
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CSISD also offers Spanish
courses in grades K-12. “In
elementary,” Huffty said, “it’s
more of a Spanish enrichment
course where they learn to count,
say colors and learn a little conver
sation. The classes, held every
other day, are an introduction into
another culture.”
“As we continue to grow, I’m
sure we will have a need for biling
ual education. Other school dis
tricts may be in bad trouble when
the bilingual controversy is set
tled, but because of our ground
work and philosophical approach,
I think we will be in better shape
than most.”
To absorb the extra costs of spe
cial texts and programs, the state
provides schools with $25 per
bilingual student and all leading
materials necessary for the
program.
CSISD, however, generates
funds from their program from
within their district without any
state aid, Huffty said.
When CSISD is required to im
plement a more extensive biling
ual education program, state
funds may no longer he available.
“With (President) Beagan’s
position on bilingual education, I
don’t really think that the state is
going to get that kind of funding
any more,” Huffty said. “We have
teachers with Spanish back- everybody, and move them into a
grounds and several that speak bilingual program. Overall, I
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ouncil renames Puryear
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tax accession rate of resident
homesteads from 80 percent to
100 percent, City Secretary Glenn
Schroeder said.
After closed session, the council
voted to appoint Frederick W.
Hensel to the Board of Equaliza
tion. Hensel is manager of the
University Center at Texas A&M
University.
Mayor Gary Halter announced
that a special council meeting will
be held next Thursday night at 7
p. m. for the purpose of appointing
members of the Planning and Zon
ing Commission, the Parks and
Recreation Board and other city
boards and commissions.
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