[grania]

Sorry, but this is STILL, for now at least, a free country. You cannot tell someone they can't speak Spanish, I don't care what role they are playing at the time.

Public schools have always had the goal of preparing students to be productive and responsible citizens. Of course part of that process is training them to speak English in public, just as our ancestors did while they were acclimating.

And what about equity? If those Spanish children get to use their language in the playground (which can be a dangerous place if children can't understand the direction of supervisors) why not everyone else? A lawyer for "equal rights" could have a field day with that one!

[Illbay]

So if you speak some other language than English in public, that makes you an "unproductive and irresponsible citizen"?

Sounds pretty close to fascism to me.

[A. Pole]

Public schools have always had the goal of preparing students to be productive and responsible citizens. Of course part of that process is training them to speak English in public, just as our ancestors did while they were acclimating.

I speak with my family and children in Polish (also in public). My children speak Polish among themselves even in school. Are you going to punish us?