Case Study: Yakima School District achieves inclusive multilingual access with Finalsite and Weglot

Why Yakima School District chose Weglot for its website's translation — a product that's easy to manage and offers the authenticity of Spanish dialects in the district

Yakima School District partnered with Finalsite and implemented Weglot to create a more inclusive, authentic experience across its district website. The challenge was translating its main site and 23 school websites into the many languages represented in the district, including Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Arabic, and Samoan, while supporting its large population of English language learners.

With Finalsite and Weglot, Yakima School District was able to translate and manually refine content, allowing staff to easily update Spanish-language pages as needed. The solution also helped the district prepare for new Washington language-access requirements and supported a stronger multicultural identity across the district. Yakima School District’s Communications Team also won a 2022 “Best in Category” award for the website, reflecting the impact of Finalsite’s solution.

Yakima School District

Kirsten Fitterer

Chief Communications Office