New Stanley Elementary, a school of about 240 students in Kansas City, Kansas, currently has a bilingual program for kindergarten and first grade. The Hispanic-majority district launched dual-language learning at three elementary schools in 2023, but only two are continuing.
The program was initially set to add one grade per year, allowing students to complete K-5 education in both English and Spanish.
But earlier this month, the district announced that starting this fall, New Stanley will only accept kindergarten and first-grade students enrolled in the bilingual program, phasing out traditional classrooms by one grade each year until the entire school is bilingual.
