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Carmel board debates live interpreters vs. translation technology and first-open-session limits
Summary
Trustees debated whether the district should pay for in-person interpreters at board meetings or use a one-time technology purchase. Trustee Wise raised First Amendment and accessibility concerns; a motion to remove the requirement that first open-session comments be limited to agenda items failed on a roll call vote.
At the Dec. 3 Carmel Central School District Board meeting trustees spent significant time debating the district's approach to translation services and the mechanics of public comment.
Trustee Jesse Curzio said in-person interpreters cost "in excess of $200 per meeting" and proposed a technology solution that would be a one-time purchase and could support many languages. "There are more fiscally responsible ways to obtain the same result,"…
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