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Peter Medlin
At most Illinois schools, the two most common languages spoken are English and Spanish. But what’s the third? Well, in Rockford, that’s changed over the past few years. Swahili just passed Arabic — and the district has had to increase services to support those students. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has more…
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