The increase in immigrant enrollment in Miami-Dade County comes amid a decline in funding from the state along with schools reaching a financial cap for the English for Speakers of Other Languages program, making a teacher shortage more apparent.
From left, Genier Águila, Nivis Fernández, Jaddiel Águila and Daniel Mejía at Hialeah Gardens High School on April 14.HIALEAH, Fla. — Brothers Jaddiel and Genier Águila, ages 16 and 17, came from Cuba in August, crossing the U.S.-Mexico border with their parents and settling into a new world in the working-class city of Hialeah, in Miami-Dade County.
According to the district, the vast majority of students are from Cuba, with lesser numbers from Nicaragua and Venezuela, where families are fleeing left-wing authoritarian governments. The schools with the highest enrollments are in the suburbs of Hialeah, known for its heavy Cuban community, and Doral, with a large concentration of Venezuelans.
Santos, who attended public schools in Miami, came from Colombia when she was 8 years old and discovered she was undocumented when she was a junior in high school. “You can’t even walk inside the classroom,” said López, who has resorted to using a microphone so students can hear her and a whistle when she needs to call for their attention.
“When we have a child that is struggling emotionally or in terms of education, we have to make sure that we run a whole bunch of tests, including an IQ test, psychological exams, and that’s done by a school psychologist,” said María Muñoz, one of the high school's counselors. “We’re sharing one with five or six schools, and that’s awful, because these kids need to be seen right away.
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