Photos: Fair with flair from around the globe
Guilderland has about 230 students who are learning to speak English; that number has grown 200 percent in the last eight years, according to the superintendent, Marie Wiles. She also said the current program effectively serves students who speak over 33 different languages. The state has imposed new requirements for next year on what it calls teaching English as a new language, or ENL. Wiles has said the district is making a "good-faith effort" to meet the new requirements but they are too costly to fully satisfy.
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International delight: Students and parents line a table full of different ethnic foods at the annual English as a Second Language extravaganza at Farnsworth Middle School on June 3 in Guilderland.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Variety is the spice of life: Clothing was a varied as food at the annual English as a Second Language Extravaganza on June 3 at Farnsworth Middle School as people shared their cultures.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Little taste buds: A babe in arms watches food being served during the ESL Extravaganza, an annual event for the Guilderland schools, which has students originally from countries around the world.