LAUSD's Mysterious Policy

For many when we see a worker that speaks Spanish we begin to speak because it is our native language. Therefore, the English-Only Policy in cafeterias is irrelevant to primarily all the student body.

Is the district blind or something? Only 76% of the students in LAUSD are Hispanic (Oh so they may say), as it is reported in their 2011- 2012 LAUSD Fingertip Facts report. Therefore, students in primarily all of the LAUSD face the same fleeting reality, a Hispanic the majority of the time will be next to them (which is not a bad thing) but it means that in one way or another they are exposed to the Hispanic culture. What this means (if they already don’t know) is that it is rubbish to say this policy ensures a student’s safety, in terms of the non-speaking Spanish students being exposed to great danger. The district said in a statement, “In an emergency situation in a busy kitchen are where and it trying to communicate ‘hot food’ or a similar warning it is suggested that theses phrases are spoken in English for the benefit of everyone working in the kitchen and cafeteria area,” luckily most bilingual students are always willing to translate and well the district is so smart to print out instructions in English (WOW that is so GENIUS!).

An even more pressing problem is the fact that a Cafeteria Worker would not be able to communicate with a student who does not speak English. What is a student supposed to do then? Sadly there are no Spanish labels and if the workers are unable to speak to the student in Spanish than they will be sued. They should consider ALL of their students before making decisions.