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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]

Your argument makes sense but no fundraising organization is eager to pay the going professional rate for a service that could be donated in kind.  It's certainly not fair to expect the teachers to provide this, but finding HS students seems like the best solution for everyone.  Our school always found parent volunteers.[/quote]

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