Grade school revamps as more Latino students arrive - Minnesota

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Posted on: January 22nd, 2008
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“Since Roxana Segura’s family moved to a mobile home park in Inver Grove Heights, she has watched the Latino population blossom at both Skyline Village and nearby Pine Bend Elementary.

The number of children from Skyline Village attending the school has doubled in the past few years, to about 70, including many students whose families speak Spanish at home.

“I don’t think that the school was kind of prepared for all these changes,” said Segura, who has two children enrolled at Pine Bend.”*

*From: http://www.startribune.com
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