Teen Refugees Get New Center In Chapel Hill Schools
Middle and high school students with little to no school experience or ability to speak English might have a new option in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district.
The school board is considering creating a center for older immigrant children to give them intensive English lessons and basic elementary and classroom skills before integrating them into age-appropriate classrooms. Central office staff and English as a second language teachers are advocating for the more-intensive instruction.
Jose Nambo, director of English as a second language and Dual Language Services, described students who have no experience holding a pencil or sitting in a classroom who are enrolled in the district’s middle and high schools.
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