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"  A Texas middle school principal informed students at her school that they could no longer speak Spanish in class,\u00A0Houston&amp;#039;s KHOU-11 reports. Amy Lacey of Hempstead Middle School made the announcement over the intercom last month and is now on paid leave pending an investigation of the school district. According to an eighth-grader at the school, one teacher even threatened to write the students up if they spoke Spanish. The rule was especially controversial given that more than 50 percent of the\u00A0 school&amp;#039;s population is Hispanic. The superintendent sent a letter to parents on Monday assuring them that no school has the right to enforce such a policy. \u00A0 \u00A0 Follow Ariel Nagi on Twitter.\u00A0 Image: KHOU-TV  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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