Language barrier adds to coronavirus concerns for Memphis parents
Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter (middle right) attends a Shelby County Schools press conference on Monday, March 9, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
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Laura Faith Kebede
Laura Faith Kebede is a distinguished journalist in residence at the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis. She leads the Institute’s Civil Wrongs project to write about historical cases of racial terror as a corps member for Report for America. You can follow her on Twitter @kebedefaith.
Lori Gilbert, the president of Treadwell Elementary’s parent group, said some Spanish-speaking parents did not get the district’s robocall about a quarantined employee in Spanish until after school started.
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