Despite Challenges, Teachers and Students Forge Ahead in Cactus
Peals of laughter blend with conversations in Spanish as students in Stacy Murphy's class quiz one another for their impending English vocabulary test. On the other side of the room, Anna Vazquez, a bilingual transition assistant, works with third- through sixth-grade students who are learning the language.
These are the children of immigrants who call Cactus home – their parents drawn to the Swift & Co. meatpacking plant by the prospect of a steady wage and a chance to provide their children with a decent education. By DEBORAH TURNER for the Dallas Morning News.