Montreal teen allowed to return to English school

A Montreal teenager won the right to return to his English high school Monday after months of fighting. Sixteen-year-old Emilio Morales-Espinosa was forced to attend a French school after his father applied for permanent residency. 

Quebec language laws allow children of parents who have temporary residency to attend English school. The exception no longer applies once the family applies for permanent residency.The family emigrated from Mexico eleven years ago. The government reversed its decision in this case on humanitarian grounds.

A spokesperson for the English Montreal School Board stated that they’ve lost almost seven thousand students over the last decade.The majority of those lost are due to the language laws and it is crippling the English system.The family’s two younger children have yet to hear if they will be allowed back into English school.