Too few English classes for immigrants who line up to learn

This same problem happens all over the country, such a shame. People complain that immigrants don't want to learn English, yet when they try, they can't succeed. - - Donna Poisl

By Kathleen Burge

Twice a year, when hundreds of people who want to learn English crowd into a middle school cafeteria in Framingham, many of them end up in a purgatory usually reserved for high school seniors: the waiting list.

Framingham Adult ESL Plus, the city’s largest program for teaching English as a second language, can usually offer spots to a fraction of the would-be students who apply. The competition became so intense that a few years ago, the program resorted to a lottery to award seats.
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