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Volunteer asks board to revise facility assignment process for community language program
Summary
A volunteer for Silkananda Manambadi described losing instructional hours under the district’s tiered facility assignment system and requested staff follow‑up and facilities‑committee review to secure more stable classroom access for the Telugu language program.
A volunteer for a nonprofit that offers Telugu language instruction to elementary and high‑school students told the board the group currently uses permits for classroom space but is assigned the district’s ’tier 2’ status and therefore loses access during the first week of each semester. The speaker said that amounts to roughly 10 hours of instruction lost per semester and that the program uses multiple locations (high school, Delta College) to meet capacity needs.
The commenter said the program serves about 280 students across many classes and that, when denied high‑school premises for parts of the semester, teachers may have to host classes in private homes, which the speaker said is not professional. The speaker asked staff to clarify facility assignment procedures and find a more reliable scheduling solution.
The board chair thanked the speaker and invited the commenter to attend the facilities committee meeting the next evening; staff were asked to follow up directly with the program to answer questions about permits and scheduling. No board policy action was taken at the meeting; the item was referred to the facilities committee for review.
