Transitional Bilingual Program continues to grow

It is not easy for a student to move into a new school district, especially when they do not speak the same language as other students.

The Cheney School District’s State Transitional Bilingual Instructional Program tries to help students who are English language learners. The district will get to do that once again after the Cheney School Board approved the annual I-grant application for the State Transitional Bilingual Instructional Program at its Sept. 9 meeting.

Last year the program served 131 students as English language learners. Forty-six of those students spoke Spanish, 42 spoke Russi...