Hispanic Symposium

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Hispanic Symposium

• Serving, Supporting and Sustaining Hispanic
  Students
• November 17, 2006

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Changing Demographics

• Hispanics, mainly Mexicans, have been immigrating
  to southwest Kansas since the turn of the 20th
  century.
• A marked influx has occurred since the 1990s,
  fueled by the availability of jobs at area
  meatpacking plants and swine production
  facilities.
• Nearly 11 million illegal immigrants currently
  reside in the US.

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Changing Demographics

• According to the U.S. Census Bureau
• The percentage of residents (ages 5 and up) who
  speak Spanish at home
• 1990 2000
• Finney County 18.1 35.1
• An increase of 17 in 10 years.

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Changing Demographics

• According to the U.S. Census Bureau
• The percentage of residents (ages 5 and up) who
  speak Spanish at home
• 1990 2000
• Ford County 11.6 32
• A 20.4 increase in 10 years.

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Changing Demographics

• According to the U.S. Census Bureau
• The percentage of residents (ages 5 and up) who
  speak Spanish at home
• 1990 2000
• Seward County 16.5 38
• An increase of 21.5 in 10 years.

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Changing Demographics

• According to the U.S. Census Bureau
• The percentage of residents (ages 5 and up) who
  speak Spanish at home
• 1990 2000
• SW Kansas 13 28.6
• An increase of 15.6 in 10 years.
• Counties of Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton,
  Hodgeman, Kearney, Meade, Morton, Seward,
  Stanton, and Stevens

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Changing Demographics

• According to the U.S. Census Bureau
• The percentage of residents (ages 5 and up) who
  speak Spanish at home
• 1990 2000
• Reno County 2.5 3
• An increase of 0.5 in 10 years.
• The Hispanic population in southwestern Kansas
  has ballooned far outpacing the figures for
  Kansas as a whole.

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The Need Arises

• School and community resources are truly limited
  in providing assistance for non-English speakers.
• Until recently, the availability of bilingual
  services has been ignored or curtailed.

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The Need Arises

• Hispanic students are struggling in school
• 25 percent to 30 percent of Hispanic students
  drop out of school
• Between 4.5 and 5.5 million students in the U.S.
  are learning English as a second language.
• Hispanics will be the nations largest minority
  group, it they are not already, by next year.
• Taken from District Administrator, November 2004
• The challenge of meeting AYP and 100 proficiency
  by 2014 is aggravated by these realities.

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Unique Opportunities

• Grant Projects
• SWPRSC Title VII, Real World, ADM
• SCCC, DCCC Title III
• USD 457, Project CLASS ACT
• Visiting Teachers from Spain (KSDE)
• Student Exchange Programs
• In-state Tuition Program
• 3 years attendance in Kansas HS
• Graduation from a Kansas HS
• Application for citizenship

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Tapping into Available Resources

• PASS
• SIOP
• ESL Support
• Parent Involvement
• Kansas Library System
• KSDE
• Migrant Services
• Transition to College, Admissions, Scholarships
• Language Enrichment (Command Spanish / Spanglish)

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Hispanic SymposiumFriday, November 17Plaza Inn,
Garden city

• Keynote Speaker Melanie Stuart-Campbell, ESL
  Director, KSDE
• 12 Break-Out Sessions
• 15 Table Talk Opportunities
• HALO
• LULAC
• TRIO
• For further information
• Carol Swinney, cswinney_at_swprsc.org