Sioux Falls will decentralize its Spanish immersion high schoolers
District officials say growth in bilingual programming has Lincoln High headed toward overcrowding; immersion projected to double by 2030
The Sioux Falls School District is preparing a major change to its Spanish immersion program, one that will shift where hundreds of students attend high school beginning in the 2028–29 school year.
For the first time, Spanish immersion courses will be offered at all four of the city’s high schools — Lincoln, Washington, Roosevelt and Jefferson — instead of being concentrated at Lincoln, where students in the program have attended since 2017.
