The Lake Placid Central School District Board of Education heard a status update on the district’s growing population of English Language Learners and its fledgling, understaffed English as a New Language Program on Jan. 23. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports officials say as of last week, LPCSD had 18 ELLs and five former ELLs, representing a total 4% of the student body. Fifty-six percent are at the middle/high school, 33% are at the elementary school and 11% are in preschool.