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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree. I work at a high FARMS school where the PTA president refuses to spend PTA money on interpreters to attend the PTA meetings, which essentially keeps the Spanish speaking majority away from participating in the PTA. When we looked closely at the budget and expenses, we saw that the amount of money spent on book fair decorations would pay for the interpreter for the whole year but the president still wouldn't budge. They said that if a staff member would volunteer their time to interpret then they would be ok with it. Staff members ended up finding high school students needing SSL hours.  The PTA serves the interests of the English speaking UMC minority, and not the majority of the school's population. [/quote]

I can see both prospective but surly it’s the UMC families who are contributing more to the PTA budget than anyone in the school. Why can’t the parents bring their own interpreter or *gasp* try to learn English? Surely, the school has someone who speaks Spanish that can translate if the idea of paying for translators for parents who speak a different native language is too expensive?

Amharic speakers (those from Ethiopia and Eritrea) don’t expect translators or the language to be fully translated on documents. We either bring an adult interpreter with us to school meetings or make an effort to learn English. At some point people have to learn the world doesn’t cater to everything you desire and you have to put in an effort as well. [/quote]

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