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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two languages at YY open houses? What a question. The head speaks really basic, poorly pronounced Mandarin, and there usually isn't an admin who speaks Cantonese (though some teachers who do). Admins know that a presentation in Chinese would be useless to almost all the parents they attract in the absence of outreach to the immigrant community. They've never bothered and, to my knowledge, don't get complaints about the arrangement.

I hear you, I've been to open houses run in English and Spanish, English and French, and even English and Hebrew in DC public.[/quote]

Pants On Fire Alert: Sela has never had open houses run in Hebrew in English. [/quote]

Wrong. If you ask to attend a Sela open house with Hebrew translation, the request will be honored.  [/quote]

That's a totally different thing.  Did the PP here who is complaining ask for Mandarin translation, and get turned down?  Do they need Mandarin translation?  It appears from their posting here that their written English is strong.

Has anyone approached YY in advance and asked for translation and been denied?  [/quote]

Making someone ask for it is a barrier. It should be done as a standard practice.

It isn't done at DCI either -- I don't think any admin is fluent in any of the target language. And it's an issue for the spanish dominant families in particular, many of whom are NOT fluent in English.[/quote]

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