California: Education program in Spanish sparks complaint

[Francis Hult]

Via lgpolicy...


Education program in Spanish sparks complaint


Story Updated: Sep 17, 2009 at 6:51 PM PDT
By Carol Ferguson, Eyewitness News  Video ARVIN, Calif. --

A frustrated family said they were shocked when a parent orientation
at the high school was conducted in Spanish and only translated into
English. The meeting was held by the nonprofit Parent Institute for
Quality Education, and a local spokesman says the group's language
policy will change. The orientation for the the parent institute was
held Aug. 18 at Arvin High School, and Ronda Amick said she had been
contacted about it several times by phone. The messages were in
English, she was surprised by what happened when the family got to the
orientation "Just before the meeting started, they said -- all the
English-speaking parents move to the side of the room," Amick said.
She said a spokeswoman running the meeting told those parents the
meeting would be translated for them. Amick is raising her
granddaughter, and her son was also at the family orientation.

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