Controversy Surrounding High School Principal Delivering Graduation Speech In Spanish

What bothers me is not that he wants Spanish speaking parents to be able to understand the speech. That is fine. What is rather troublesome is that part of the reason for speaking in Spanish according to the reporter was so that Spanish speaking "parents and students" could understand the speech. There is something seriously wrong if students are graduating after going through an American high school unable to understand a congratulatory speech in basic English. If that was a true concern, then the Spanish speaking is rather ridiculous and shameful:
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