Baltimore City Public Schools launched the Multilingual Family Landscape Analysis project to evaluate and enhance support for multilingual families. In July 2025, City Schools shared results with its families and community. The analysis focuses on translation and interpretation services, family engagement, and the use of resources across the district.

As a result of our findings, the Office of Communications launched a multi-year, strategic redesign and expansion of our systems for communicating with multilingual families, including:

Rapid improvements in key systems to improve Language Access services
A report analyzing our schools recognized for excellence in Language Access and multilingual family engagement, with recommendations for scaling best practices
A report analyzing other school districts recognized for excellence in Language Access and multilingual family engagement, with recommendations for adopting best practices
A three-year strategic plan to advance multilingual families' access to educational services and communication in City Schools

The Multilingual Access Steering Committee, an advisory group of students, families, community partners, school and district staff has guided these initiatives. Please review the documents below to learn more about our findings and next steps to better serve our families