Friday, August 21, 2009

KWB New Operation Center: Tukwila, Washington

Tukwila (Washington): According to the 2000 census, 26 percent of Tukwila residents were born outside the United States and 32 percent spoke languages other than English at home, about twice the national averages. In 2006 the National Center for Education Statistics and the New York Times declared Tukwila's school district the nation's most "ethnically diverse". That merely means its student population is almost evenly divided among the four offical "races", white, black, Asian, and Hispanic. Other data are more telling: two-thirds of Tukwila's students speak languages other than English - a total of 65 languages - at home. Read more:
Welcome to our new Kids Without Borders South King County Operation located in Tukwila/Seatac area. Our Hand Me Up program continues to grow.

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