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Parents, advocates raise interpreter access and child‑safety concerns at Apple Valley board meeting
Summary
Public commenters told trustees they are not getting qualified ASL interpreters at district events and urged better accessibility; a parent also described a child sexual‑abuse case and demanded stronger prevention and reporting protocols.
Several community members used the Dec. 11 meeting to press the district on equity and student safety.
Bianca Madrid, a parent of three Apple Valley students, told trustees she has repeatedly received unqualified ASL interpreters from an agency the district uses. "They just gave me a paper to read myself...that's not giving me equal access," she said, and asked the district to establish contracts with interpreters who have RID certification and to provide written assurances of…
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