Your assuming the kids don't speak English. My experience with this, which is hands on, is that the vast majority do speak English!
“Your assuming the kids don’t speak English. My experience with this, which is hands on, is that the vast majority do speak English!”
You’re assuming you have to be unable to speak the English language to be categorized as ESL, English as a second language. By definition, if you are born into a native Spanish speaking family, and learn English, it’s a second language. Speaking a language, and being able to write that language and learn proper spelling and grammatical rules are two entirely different things. Many Mexicans can speak Spanish, but are illiterate. School districts around my area spend about 40% more per head on ESL students than Mary Jo American.