Abstract: Once the Door is Closed was an 18 month ethnographic study of four teachers who implemented a self-contained, multi grade shattered English academic program for Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees in grades k-9. The dissertation documents in detail, the school district and school contexts, and the program as four teachers implemented it. Dissertation Discovery Company and University of Florida are dedicated to making scholarly works more discoverable and accessible throughout the world. This dissertation, "Once the Door is Closed" by Anne E. Campbell, was obtained from University of Florida and is being sold with permission from the author. A digital copy of this work may also be found in the university's institutional repository, IR@UF. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation.