Spanish Speaking Parent With Five Children Brings Interpreter to Chicago Public School Board Meeting: Angered by sudden changes to Board of Ed's participation rules

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Araceli Escobedo approached the Board of Education last week, as she had before, to talk about options on the Southwest Side where she and her five children live.

She knew she had just two minutes to say her piece, and brought an interpreter so she could speak more comfortably in her native Spanish.

But just over two minutes into the speech and interpretation, Escobedo was cut off by board secretary Estella Beltran.

“Ms. Escobedo, Ms. Escobedo, thank you for your comments,” Beltran said. “It’s past your two minutes. . . . Our next speaker, please.”

It's nice that non-English speakers makes demands !