Uh...how was it done for over the last one hundred years of American history? English only in schools and every where else public. Period. Amazing what that does and how well it worked. If they want to preserve some kind of ethnic heritage (as to why I don't have a clue; what does it mean to be an American? I thought it was to shed all that baggage from the sh%$hole you came from) then let them go to some Saturday class offered by their private community center or some such nonsense (all that does is make the parents happy). I don't get it; you are either desirous and proud to become an American, or don't come at all. We don't need people who want it both ways or just want the economic benefits and remain neutral or eventual enemies of America. Am I dense or what?_
I've posted this before:
My grandma taught 2nd grade in Delano, CA in the 1920's. There was a large influx of Russian families in the area at this time. The students passed from language-appropriate grade to language-appropriate grade at the rate of their own learning. Grandma had 15-year-old boys and girls pass through her classroom as they learned the language.
Since we no longer have control over the behavior of students, this might prove problematic. Maybe we should regain control over students' behaviors.