Magnet schools in Bend-La Pine area short on diversity

Non-English-speaking students are more prevalent in other public schools

By Julia Lyon / The Bulletin
January 30, 2005

From the outside, the three magnet schools tucked on the west side of Bend look like any other school.

But unlike many other elementary schools in the Bend-La Pine School District, the magnet schools have only a few students learning English for the first time.

Of the district's nearly 550....

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