South Fayette School District is seeing more students whose first language is not English. “Our “English Language Learners” – students whose first language is not English, continues to increase in numbers and therefore, the dollars spent on those services continues to rise. We experienced a 49.5% increase or $42,768. The district spends well over $100,000 per year for these services,” said the superintendent. “Special education costs continue to escalate as that population of children with special needs grows.” “Several years ago, for example, school districts were required to put into place an English as a second language program,” Urbanek said. “We were required to employ a teacher for that if we did not have one. Following that, we were given class size numbers and considered employing another full or part time teacher. The Standard Deviants - Learn English as a Second Language (ESL) DVD 4-Pack

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