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Deaf Translators Needed in Local Schools - Valley News Live - KVLY/KXJB - Fargo/Grand Forks
A local high school is in need of a hand. The Fargo North principal has been searching for an extra translator for the school's five deaf students all year. The school got two new students after the devils lake school for the deaf closed last summer. The school is happy to have the new students, but its struggling to accommodate them.
A sophomore at Fargo North, Taylor Mickelson says this year has been a bit of a shuffle. Taylor, "We've had to change our schedules because we haven't had enough interpreters, because there are other students here who need interpreters. So, we've all had to change our schedules."
There are only 3 translators at her high school for 5 deaf students. The case manager for the kids says she does her best, but keeping up with all those classes has been difficult.
Bambi Lambert, "I try to make sure the students don't feel any of the tension." Making sure all of the student's classes are covered with a shortage of staff means deaf students sometimes don't have the same flexibility other high school students enjoy. Bambi, "One change in a student's schedule can affect another student."
It also means translators have no flexibility. There is no one to fill in if they get sick. And students, like freshmen Austin Solheim, notice the strain when translators step into a class they typically wouldn't cover.
Austin, "It's not easy for the interpreter just to drop into a class because of the prep that they need."
Students, like Taylor, are very glad to have more deaf students at the school. Taylor, "It's nice. It's nice to communicate together and get to socialize. We share the same goals and yeah, I like it."
She, and everyone else at the high school, just wants to make sure they don't get lost in transition. In the entire Fargo school district, there are seven interpreters for at least ten students. One travels from Barnesville each morning for north high, then at noon, goes to kindred for the rest of the day.
A local high school is in need of a hand. The Fargo North principal has been searching for an extra translator for the school's five deaf students all year. The school got two new students after the devils lake school for the deaf closed last summer. The school is happy to have the new students, but its struggling to accommodate them.
A sophomore at Fargo North, Taylor Mickelson says this year has been a bit of a shuffle. Taylor, "We've had to change our schedules because we haven't had enough interpreters, because there are other students here who need interpreters. So, we've all had to change our schedules."
There are only 3 translators at her high school for 5 deaf students. The case manager for the kids says she does her best, but keeping up with all those classes has been difficult.
Bambi Lambert, "I try to make sure the students don't feel any of the tension." Making sure all of the student's classes are covered with a shortage of staff means deaf students sometimes don't have the same flexibility other high school students enjoy. Bambi, "One change in a student's schedule can affect another student."
It also means translators have no flexibility. There is no one to fill in if they get sick. And students, like freshmen Austin Solheim, notice the strain when translators step into a class they typically wouldn't cover.
Austin, "It's not easy for the interpreter just to drop into a class because of the prep that they need."
Students, like Taylor, are very glad to have more deaf students at the school. Taylor, "It's nice. It's nice to communicate together and get to socialize. We share the same goals and yeah, I like it."
She, and everyone else at the high school, just wants to make sure they don't get lost in transition. In the entire Fargo school district, there are seven interpreters for at least ten students. One travels from Barnesville each morning for north high, then at noon, goes to kindred for the rest of the day.