Gwinnett approves translator budget request
Gwinnett County school officials say the increase in students and parents who speak little or no English requires them to spend more money on translators and interpreter services.
A decade ago, 29 percent of Gwinnett students spoke a language other than English at home. Today, it’s 37 percent, district officials said.
On Thursday, staff asked the school board to allow them to spend as much as $1.5 million on such services.
How did they vote? Read about it here.
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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.
