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Parents and pediatrician urge Greenfield schools to create indigenous clubs, improve language access after bullying reports
Summary
At a Greenfield Union School District board meeting, parents and a community pediatrician described bullying of students who identify as indigenous and called for indigenous cultural clubs and better interpreter support at schools.
Parents and a community pediatrician told the Greenfield Union School District Board of Trustees on Thursday that students who identify as indigenous or who speak languages other than English are experiencing exclusion and bullying, and they urged the district to create indigenous clubs and improve language access at school sites.
Feliciana Cruz Perez, who identified herself as working with Centrobi Nacional and First 5, told the board the parent group that has met with district staff wants “indigenous clubs at the school sites as well as cultural, cultural activities.” She said…
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