Judge: ‘English-only’ policy didn’t create ‘hostile environment’

BY RON SYLVESTER
The Wichita Eagle

U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten ruled today against three Hispanic families who had claimed a Catholic school policy discriminated against their children.

Marten said this afternoon the Catholic Diocese of Wichita’s policy requiring students to speak only English while at school did not rise to the level of a “hostile educational environment.â€