Language Interpretation Services

Kalamazoo Public Schools partners with Propio Language Services to help families gain real-time access to interpreters to better communicate with their school communities.

The service connects school employees and families to on–demand phone and video interpreters in more than 350 languages, including sign language.

The system is simple to use. Parents or guardians (or anyone whose primary language is something other than English or who is hearing impaired) can point to the language they prefer on a sign, and KPS staff will be able to connect to a Propio translator who can provide real-time language translation.

Once parents identify their native language on a sign the school staff can connect them to a translator using audio or video interpretation through Propio.