There were days when Kristina Otto's daughter would come home from school at Lamar Elementary in Conroe ISD exhausted after a day of learning her core curriculum in Spanish—her child's second language.

CONROE, Texas — Board members with the Conroe Independent School District were set to vote on a measure that would end the district's dual language program, but after passionate testimony from students and community members, the vote was withdrawn by Curtis Null.

Conroe ISD Superintendent Curtis Null proposed discontinuing the program because of a budget deficit, and also because of staffing shortages and a decline in enrollment in the program, but tabled that plan after pushback from community members.

Conroe ISD is scrapping plans to end its dual language program after parents have been fighting the school district to keep it.