Migrant children who don’t speak any English are “scared” and struggling to cope after being placed at a New York City school where there’s a lack of bilingual teachers, The Post …
Migrant children who don’t speak any English are “scared” and struggling to cope after being placed at a New York City school where there’s a lack of bilingual teachers, The Post has learned.The Post revealed some migrant kids
“There is one lady at the school that we go to for help sometimes but she’s just one person and can’t help us all the time,” she continued. “It’s frustrating but we can’t really complain.” “We didn’t get to choose, but luckily for her grade, there’s a Spanish-speaking teacher,” she added. “Not everyone has bilingual classes, very few, some teachers speak just a little Spanish.”“It is hard for him to not understand anything, but he’ll pick it up,” he told The Post. “He has other Spanish-speaking kids in there with him.”
Migrant parents picking up their children from PS 33 are seen carrying bags of clothing and other donated items.One migrant parent said aside from communication issues due to the language barrier, PS 33 has helped them “a lot with clothes and food.”He added: “Bilingual teachers have always been a shortage area for us anyway. So it’s not like we wave a magic wand, and we got all the answers. We’re trying to figure it out. This is a real problem, happening in real time.
“These are young kids who don’t even know New York City. And so we’re kind of limited in terms of where we can place them in schools. But we’re working to ensure that the schools have what they need.”on the placement of thousands of asylum-seeking kids in city schools.
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