08.17.2022 | NY1 | Rita Rodriguez-Engberg, director of the Immigrants Students Rights project at Advocates for Children, says some families may want to seek bilingual programs, taught in English and Spanish. But not every school offers them.\u00a0<\/p>
\u201cAll schools should be providing English as a new language, but not all schools have bilingual staff. You don\u2019t need to be a bilingual teacher to teach English as a new language. And not all schools have bilingual social workers \u2014 which we assume these kids are probably going to need in order to help them with their social-emotional needs and any trauma that they\u2019ve experienced,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>
According to Rodriguez-Engberg, some families don\u2019t even know they\u2019re eligible to enroll their children in public school.\u00a0<\/p>