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District reports language-access progress and limits: 40 languages, interpreter tutors and seal of biliteracy
Summary
Carl Olson, the district's language-access liaison, briefed the board on services for families speaking many languages, interpreter-tutor staffing, funding piecing, and plans for prescheduled event interpretation and a new web/translation approach.
Carl Olson, director of categorical programs and the district's language-access liaison, reported to the board that Arlington serves families speaking roughly 40 home languages and that the district relies on a mix of funding streams and interpreter-tutor staff to meet demand.
Olson said the district currently records about 400 parents on home-language survey responses who need services and estimated the true need may be closer to 800 because of outdated surveys. He described how the district assembles six different funding sources to pay for interpretation, translation and family-liaison work and said some less-common…
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