Predicted ESOL Savings Debated – 760 Students Left Prince William Schools – Virginia From: washingtonpost.com
Tagged: prince william county, student, VirginiaPosted on: May 13th, 2008
Prince William County’s top elected official asserted last month that an exodus of immigrant families after the county’s crackdown on illegal immigration is saving the school system millions of dollars because it has to educate fewer students who are learning English as a second language.
But Prince William school officials say that the departure of nearly 760 students this school year from the English for Speakers of Other Languages program has not brought a financial windfall to the school system, contrary to an estimate of $6 million in savings cited by Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey A. Stewart (R-At Large).”*
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