Cultural and language representation works. Multilingual classes and staff during the school day, affinity spaces, and culture visible on the walls.

About this proposal: This statement was drafted by the MSEG team to capture the common thread across 6 comments shared on the What's Working 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

• I need a school that provides Arabic classes; the number of Arabic students is increasing; we need to protect our mother language
• More Arabic-speaking staff and teacher representation
• I want my student to have an Arab staff during the school day, not just afterschool
• Afterschool support with an Arab staff made it more comfortable for the student and the parents, especially when they need to communicate
• Arab parent affinity spaces
• Cultural representation along the school walls