Frisco ISD has 77 languages represented among its 62,700 students.

FISD serves emergent bilingual students in prekindergarten through 12th grade, said Paige Brewer, director of special programs, in a presentation about English as a Second Language programs given during a Nov. 17 board meeting . Emergent bilingual, or EB, refers to students who are acquiring the English language during school.

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Currently, 7,957 students in FISD are classified as EB. This accounts for 13% of the student population, according to the meeting presentation.

Students in need of language support are identified with an initial language test and will receive content-based language instruction if they qualify, said Lisa Morales, a district ESL coordinator. ESL is not a life-long program, Morales s

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