Many people think all our immigrants are Latino, this town has many Chinese immigrants. DP
By DANIEL AXELROD , Norwich Bulletin
NorwichBulletin.com: Montville High School senior Cheng Fan said his father enjoys working as a cook at Mohegan Sun.
But Fan's mother regrets immigrating to the United States because she went from teaching middle school in China to working in a Chinese restaurant.
"If I go to Cornell University for college, that regret may disappear," said Fan, 17, of Montville, who wants to study transportation engineering at the Ivy League school.
Driven by a wave of Chinese immigrant parents moving to Montville to create more opportunities for their children, the number of Chinese students learning English in the school district has soared during the last six years.
Montville school administrators said state officials soon will designate the high school a Chinese bilingual school, formally mandating the school's existing bilingual educational services for its 35 Chinese English Language Learners.
District-wide, just four Chinese ELL students attended Montville schools during 2000, compared to 108 today.
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