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Indiana’s Hispanic population has grown significantly in recent years. From 2000-02, there had been an increase of 19,277. Montgomery County has also experienced an increase in the number of Hispanics opting to move to this area. This also means an increase in Hispanic students. Just this year, there were 176 total Hispanic students who attended county schools. |
Crawfordsville Schools have provided more English as a second language (ESL) teachers since Hispanic numbers began to rise. Some of the teachers who work with the ESL program include sisters Amy (Tuttle Middle School) and Amanda Carrington (elementaries), Gail Merriman (Even Start adult instructor), Kerri Warner (Nicholson), Angie Brown (Nicholson kindergarten), Gloria Grigsby (Tuttle), Rochelle Drake, Hose teacher who works with the adult ESL program Beard, and Amy Neville (high school). “We have an incredible ESL staff,” Crawfordsville Superintendent Kathy Steele said. “We don’t know of any other staff that is more accommodating, caring and helpful to the Hispanic families.”
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