Monday was the first day back in the classroom for the Oklahoma City Public School district. It was also a new beginning for 14 Puerto Rican teachers that the district recruited because of the lack of teachers in the state.
Odaliz Soto, one of the district's recruits, said she felt like she was already breaking down language barriers on her first day.
Her kindergartners at Parmelee Elementary are mostly Hispanic, and speak very little English. So, Soto says everything twice.
She says she’s also done some translating for other teachers and has helped parents out in the office.
Her big goal is to teach her students to read in both languages by the end of the year.
