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Students, residents urge board to pilot student translator program to aid Spanish-speaking families
Summary
Students and community members urged the Hazleton Area School District to adopt a volunteer student translator program to cover parent events and supplement contracted translators; the board said administrators will review contract limits and meet with proponents. Student presenters proposed non-disclosure agreements and volunteer-hour credit.
Community members and students pressed the Hazleton Area School District board on the potential to use bilingual students as volunteer translators at school events, arguing the program would improve parent communication without replacing professional translators.
Bob Curry, founding president of the Hazleton Integration Project, told the board that the district regularly lacks enough translators at open houses and parent-teacher nights and asked, "Why can't we use student translators?" He argued using qualified bilingual students would cost the district nothing and would help…
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