Holyoke Public Schools isn't providing adequate translation services for Latino parents.
That's what a discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston on Monday claims, adding that the district has failed to translate important educational documents for the parents who don't speak English for decades.
The suit was filed on behalf of Padres Latinos de las Escuelas de Springfield y Holyoke against the district, its principals, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and others.
Roughly 80 percent of students enrolled in Holyoke schools are Latino.