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Rousselyn Cruz, 8, goes through the Spanish phonetic alphabet with hand gestures on May 12 at Marion Elementary School in Overland. The 2021-22 school year marks the first year for the school’s second grade transitional bilingual classroom, where students learn core curriculum in both English and Spanish.

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