New parent group forms to boost family engagement at Kenmore

Recently, a thriving, 200-plus Whatsapp group for Kenmore Middle School's Spanish-speaking parents received unexpected membership requests. They came from Ethiopian and Mongolian parents, who told the group's moderator, Janeth Valenzuela, they could find ways to overcome the language barrier. Valenzuela -- who has spent years organizing the Hispanic parents so they

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