To garner attention to them, and to make remedies. Were thankful for our translators who attend every meeting that we have, both spanish and can tonenies and some of the things that we were able to [inaudible] strict and with the help of our Kristina Wong and Jennifer Fong, the two people we work most closely with. We have a English Learner Program guide and we didnt have this before and its also translated into english into spanish and conton easy and serves as a guide to our english learner family who is find coming to epc and to the district very intimidating and very confusing. We work with the ioc and the mpd, the multilink welpath ways and they have given us a great deal of support, and we have they do come as guests to our meetings and we learn a great deal from them, and especially epc because thats [inaudible]. Thats an area where english language learners dont quite know what to do especially if they dont know the language and go to epc to try to get their child registered in
Okay. I think were going to close Public Comment now. Im going to call for a five minute recess. Lets clear the room and we will start the meeting again in five minutes. recess . Okay. Im going to call the meeting back into order. Public Enrichment Fund and we have a report from one of the committees. Yes we have a report from the bilingual Community Council and bcc and they will be presenting and kim garcia misa. All right. Welcome to the members of the bilingual Community Council. You may start when ready. Good evening president norton and honorable commissioners and superintendent carranza and welcome to our new commissioner matt haney. I have to say i really appreciate the fact that you hold these meetings and hear this very emotional kind of presentations. It totally drained me. My name is darlene inaya and i my colleagues are here to report on successes and the questions and the concerns of the bilingual Community Council, and we are your appointees and we want to thank you for h
Of the over 15,000 english language learners in our district, and we did provide you with some written data which i will be loosely following in my beginning here. Were very grateful to our english language students and our representatives who continue to attend our bcc meetings and they voice their concerns to us and were able to bring these issues forward, and to garner attention to them, and to make remedies. Were thankful for our translators who attend every meeting that we have, both spanish and can tonenies and some of the things that we were able to [inaudible] strict and with the help of our Kristina Wong and Jennifer Fong, the two people we work most closely with. We have a English Learner Program guide and we didnt have this before and its also translated into english into spanish and conton easy and serves as a guide to our english learner family who is find coming to epc and to the district very intimidating and very confusing. We work with the ioc and the mpd, the multilin
School and heard on the loud speaker a female voice coming over the pa system telling the students were going to have a march to commemorate Martin Luther king a birthday. Wear your white t shirts. That is going to signify peace and justice and i thought, well, hey im going down to the board of education to a demonstration about tobias, this good worker who put his all into the students at the school and this principal that pit this child down. I couldnt wrap my mind around that. Here she is on the loud speaker talking about peace and justice and wearing white t shirts but im taking my retirement time because im retired to head down to demonstrate against someone like that. It just didnt fit. Now, i am wearing this t shirt stop the killing. Start the healing , a campaign we had in the 80s. It started in the 80s with ben verrein where we were trying to get Gun Legislation and things going. We didnt wait until a bunch of white kids got killed in connecticut. We have been trying to get ou
Orangeburg County School District will hold its inaugural OCSD International Festival, a celebration of the diverse cultures represented within our schools and community, on Jan. 25, 2024, at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School, at 4:45 p.m.