Plan for Immigrant Students Unveiled
LOS ANGELES —
A proposal for a network of centers where immigrant students entering the Los Angeles Unified School District could be introduced to the ways of American public education was unveiled Thursday before a school board committee hearing.
The so-called “Newcomer Assistance Centers” would be staffed by teachers and aides who speak foreign languages. Their jobs would range from diagnostic testing to giving general advice on what to expect at an American school.
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