board of commissioners approved a new language justice policy Thursday night that will provide the framework for the districts to better serve its growing English as a new language student population.
creates an objective for the IPS administration to achieve and establishes the board’s position on language justice, but it does not specifically lay out actions the district will take to fulfill its objectives.Language justice is the “practice of ensuring people can communicate effectively, understand information, and be understood using the language in which they feel most comfortable,” according to the policy.
Around 90% of IPS’ English language learners use Spanish as their preferred language. The next highest preferred language seen in IPS is French Creole at 2.3%, Swahili at 1.2% and Arabic at 0.7%,Currently, IPS sends out communications in both English and Spanish to families and its website is translated into multiple languages. The district employs over 90 ENL teachers who support students directly with instruction as well as over 50 bilingual assistants assisting in classrooms.
Is this for both students and parents?
Will they be thanking the Biden Administration for the increase in people and costs due to his disastrous border policy