Post by bounce on Jan 1, 2008 7:58:41 GMT -8
The parents of these kids don't pay taxes here. These kids aren't US citizens, they don't even LIVE in the US. They just use our public school resources while kids who ARE citizens get shipped out to some other school.
Calif. School Targets Mexican Students
Dec 31 02:39 PM US/Eastern
By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press Writer 33 Comments
CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) - Children are more likely to shield their faces than to smile when Daniel Santillan points his camera.
Santillan's photos aren't for any picture album or yearbookâthey help prove that Mexican youngsters are illegally attending public schools in this California border community.
With too many students and too few classrooms, Calexico school officials took the unusual step of hiring someone to photograph children and document the offenders. Santillan snaps pictures at the city's downtown border crossing and shares the images with school principals, who use them as evidence to kick out those living in Mexico.
Since he started the job two years ago, the number of students in the Calexico school system has fallen 5 percent, from 9,600 to 9,100, while the city's population grew about 3 percent.
"The community asked us to do this, and we responded," school board President Enrique Alvarado said. "Once it starts to affect you personally, when your daughter gets bumped to another school, then our residents start complaining."
www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8TSKC1G0&show_article=1
Calif. School Targets Mexican Students
Dec 31 02:39 PM US/Eastern
By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press Writer 33 Comments
CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) - Children are more likely to shield their faces than to smile when Daniel Santillan points his camera.
Santillan's photos aren't for any picture album or yearbookâthey help prove that Mexican youngsters are illegally attending public schools in this California border community.
With too many students and too few classrooms, Calexico school officials took the unusual step of hiring someone to photograph children and document the offenders. Santillan snaps pictures at the city's downtown border crossing and shares the images with school principals, who use them as evidence to kick out those living in Mexico.
Since he started the job two years ago, the number of students in the Calexico school system has fallen 5 percent, from 9,600 to 9,100, while the city's population grew about 3 percent.
"The community asked us to do this, and we responded," school board President Enrique Alvarado said. "Once it starts to affect you personally, when your daughter gets bumped to another school, then our residents start complaining."
www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8TSKC1G0&show_article=1
