Bilingual Program Doubles In Capacity
Humble ISD is truly a diverse community, as evidenced by an annual report on the English as a Second Language program, or ESL. The program has increased from 1226 students in 2001 to 2923 in 2008. Special programs coordinator Sara Smith-Frings recently presented information on the set of courses to members of the Humble ISD Board of Trustees.
“In Humble, 54 other language speakers are represented,” said Smith-Frings. “Spanish continues to be the majority ‘other language’ (nearly 88 percent) with these individuals originating from a number of countries including Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Peru. Vietnamese is the second most prevalent language, at two percent of the ELLs”
