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Utah’s Pacific Islander students face getting stuck on educational ‘island’

Academics • Athletic prowess aside, testing shows Polynesian students lag white peers.

Francisco Kjolseth  |  The Salt Lake Tribune
Working together on poster as part of their "Crew" program that helps students identify with one another and work as a team, fourth graders from the Pacific Heritage Academy charter school in North Salt Lake near the end of the day on Friday, November 9, 2012. Enrollment numbers are out, and the state's public school population has topped 600,000 for the first time, and the state's charter school population has topped 50,000 for the first time. The Pacific Heritage Academy filled their with a student population of 450.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Working together on poster as part of their "Crew" program that helps students identify with one another and work as a team, fourth graders from the Pacific Heritage Academy charter school in North Salt Lake near the end of the day on Friday, November 9, 2012. Enrollment numbers are out, and the state's public school population has topped 600,000 for the first time, and the state's charter school population has topped 50,000 for the first time. The Pacific Heritage Academy filled their with a student population of 450.