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Board approves classroom audio enhancement with translation capability for remaining classrooms
Summary
The board approved a purchase to finish equipping classrooms with audio-amplification and translation features; district and vendors demonstrated real-time translation in classroom tests and staff said initial rollout was funded with ESSER money.
The Hillsborough County School Board on Aug. 22 voted to purchase and install classroom audio-enhancement systems that include live translation capabilities and integration with school intercoms, completing equipment already installed in roughly 75 percent of classrooms.
Superintendent Van Ayers and operations staff described the system as a classroom microphone and speaker package that can translate instruction into dozens of languages and tie into existing classroom speakers. "So as the teacher is speaking in English, in…
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