This is a lame topic on which to be "reporting." The time for ESL, or any enrichment or special help, has to come out of somewhere. Should English learners skip math instead? This lessens the likelihood they will excel in STEM areas, which are lucrative. Reading? This is where they get to practice and apply what they learn in ESL. Recess? Cruel and unusual--all kids need a break for physical activity and recharging. My child received speech services from PPS; the time came out of PE and art. It was kind of a bummer, but his teachers and I agreed his time was better spent correcting his speech deficits. This isn't a flaw in the system targeting English learners and has zip to do with the arts tax. And the character assassination of John Walden by teacher Emily Toll in comments is unconscionable. She has an axe to grind, having filed a baffling ACLU suit a few years ago re: her students missing art, rather than core classes. John Walden is a magician with students and a wonderful man.