美国国家公共电台 NPR--More than 20,000 new migrant students have enrolled in Miami-Dade County schools

More than 20,000 new migrant students have enrolled¹ in Miami-Dade County schools

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Miami public schools are experiencing significant growth as a historic number of students from other countries have moved into the district. Schools that were under capacity are now filling up.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

More than 20,000 new immigrant students have enrolled in Miami-Dade County public schools this year. Officials say it's a historic increase that's helping³ the school district grow for the first time in two decades. Reporter Kate Payne from member station WLRN tells us how that's affecting one school.

EMELIA BRUSCANTINI: Hi, everyone.

UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT: Good morning, Ms. Bruscantini.

BRUSCANTINI: Good morning.

KATE PAYNE, BYLINE⁴: The week I visited Emelia Bruscantini's class at Milam K-8 Center, she had just gotten a brand new student.

BRUSCANTINI: We just have one new one this week.

PAYNE: This week. Aww.

BRUSCANTINI: Hi, Emeline. Good?

Just came in Tuesday.

PAYNE: Wow.

BRUSCANTINI: Yeah. And I have another one that came in on - last week, but she went to the doctor to get her shots today.

PAYNE: Most of the district's new immigrant students are from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. A recent Biden administration program allows people from those countries to stay legally and work for two years. This school in the city of Hialeah had been underenrolled for a decade. Now it's nearly at capacity, and Bruscantini says these students need help.

BRUSCANTINI: Some of these kids didn't know their ABCs in second grade.

PAYNE: Even in their own language or their primary language?

BRUSCANTINI: Some of them in their language. But remember COVID. Some of them in their own countries couldn't go to school, so we have to kind of go down to their level so that we can add skills.

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PAYNE: The principal of this school, Anna Hernandez, says she's never seen a spike⁵ like this one.

ANNA HERNANDEZ: It's just honestly, like, sometimes I come into the lobby, and there'll be - like, the families are all over the place, like, just, you know, waiting.

PAYNE: One of the first things they do is talk to a school counselor⁶ like Lorena Liscano, and she says they talk about more than just academics.

LORENA LISCANO: We like to meet with the families, and we like to get a little bit of a family history and kind of ask where are they living? What resources do they have? What resources do they need, and how can we help them?

PAYNE: Many of the students also get weekly counseling. Principal Hernandez says the dangerous track her students took to get here is still traumatizing some of them.

HERNANDEZ: I was talking to a teacher the other day, and she was telling me how one of her students was sitting, like, to take a test. Like, he just didn't seem like he was engaged at all. And then he started telling her how when he was coming, he had to go through a river. And it was like almost, like, up to his face. She was like, you know what? Like, I can understand why he's not engaged in taking a test right now.

PAYNE: Many of the new students simply need more support at a time when the district was already struggling to hire enough teachers.

RON STEIGER: It certainly puts a stress on our finances.

PAYNE: Ron Steiger is the chief financial officer for Miami-Dade Schools. There are costs in the short term, but he says these students are helping the district chart a new future.

STEIGER: We lost enrollment⁷ in our schools every single year for 20 straight years, but this year we didn't. It is absolutely one of the factors that is helping us see growth in our traditional schools again.

PAYNE: That's if the district can help these students and their families stay and build a new life here. For NPR News, I'm Kate Payne in Hialeah.

1 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

6 counselor   

n.顾问，法律顾问

参考例句：

• The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
• Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。

7 enrollment   

n.注册或登记的人数；登记

参考例句：

• You will be given a reading list at enrollment.注册时你会收到一份阅读书目。
• I just got the enrollment notice from Fudan University.我刚刚接到复旦大学的入学通知书。