Immigrant and non-English-speaking families need language access (interpreters) and organized parent leaders equipped to reach their own communities

Immigrant and non-English-speaking families need language access and organized parent leadership. This includes interpreters, and parent groups equipped to reach their own communities.

About this proposal: This statement was drafted by the MSEG team to capture the common thread across 3 comments shared on the What's Important board at the June 1, 2026 community engagement session. The original comments appear below, unedited, so you can see exactly what was said. Read all 159 comments from the session.

What we heard

• School must [have] interpreter
• Mi escuela debería tener un grupo de padres líderes interesados en dar información a la comunidad escolar (a group of parent leaders to share information with the school community)
• Mi escuela debería tener un grupo especializado en trabajar con los padres de la comunidad mam (a group specialized in working with parents from the Mam community)