Subject: 16% of kids don't speak English
School district budget meeting last night. Trying to decide what to cut since our state lawmakers are not interested in funding public schools. State funding stuck at 2021 levels, and the voucher program is pulling money away from the public schools.

One proposal is to cut 40 English Learner Tutors, saving $1.6M. They are part timers (usually retired teachers) who help the English Language teachers. We need them because 16% of our students do not speak English. This is in suburban Ohio.

How did we end up with this many non-English speaking kids? Should the federal government be compensating the school district for this expense?