The shocking sign that banned students speak Spanish was filled with a Pennsylvanian school bus this week. Anger and bus company are now banned.
Handwritten memo -“I do not speak Spanish on this bus with respect to students with only English!”
According to the latest US census data JUNIATA county is overwhelmingly white, and 94 % of the population is identified so.
Hispanic and Latin people make up the second largest races in the counties, but are classified as only 900 population of 23,500 people.
It is unknown how long the sign was posted in the school bus. 2020 US census data More than 900 JUNIATA counties were regarded as Hispanic or Latin at the time.
The sign was signed by “Owner/Management”. He has since been banned from cooperating with the district.
Neither the district nor the roller bus were linked to the school district and the operator of the bus, did not tell who the owner was, but both were declined that they had nothing to do with signs.
“The first report, which calls a memo source” owner/management, “creates a statement on Saturday.
“We want to clearly clarify that Rohrer Bus did not write or approve this statement in some way. These languages and emotions are our value and all students and families. , It is completely contrary to the commitment of respect and the comprehensive environment for the staff.
The “Transportation Partner” did not name the bus operator, but said that the provider had stopped “as a precautionary measure”.
ROHRER BUS and JUNIATA County School District staff have started investigating the case.
“Know that you have taken immediate and appropriate actions to deal with the situation. We are currently investigating the incident thoroughly and needed to prevent this from happening again. We guarantee that all measures will be taken. ” I said in a Saturday statement.
“We understand the significance of this situation and apologize again that it may have caused it. We are grateful for your continuous support because we are working on this problem. Masu.”
The school district did not immediately answer any further questions about how the “immediate action” took place.
In light of the incident, ROHRER BUS plans to carry out additional training programs focusing on diversity, fairness, and coverage.
