A secretary claims that she was fired because her principal banned her from speaking Spanish to non-English speaking parents. The truth is that she was hired as a bilingual secretary, but when the new principal took over, all staff employees were “no longer allowed to speak Spanish to parents.” Yikes! Well, this definitely stirred up some trouble. The case is in the federal court right now. So, what do you think? This comes from a district where as much as 16% of the students are Latino. I think that in order to get parents informed, and into the classroom to volunteer, Spanish must be spoken by the secretary when needed. After all, parent involvement boosts student success, doesn’t it?! After the principal set this policy in the school, many parents were misunderstood, ignored, and upset. This is certainly a controversial issue in education today. It definitely applies to our county as well.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/02/07/1230320/worker-school-banned-spanish.html
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