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Mom: Kids barred from 'non-English' bus [Viva La Aztlan]
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Posted on 01/12/2007 4:23:27 AM PST by indcons
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Watch out, folks. Segregation is coming to your neighborhoods shortly.
Viva La Aztlan!
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posted on
01/12/2007 4:23:29 AM PST
by
indcons
To: indcons
Viva La Aztlan!The non-English speaking kids were mostly likely Hmong. There are three times as many Hmong as Spanish speaking kids. And, there is a sizeable number of non-English speaking Somalis.
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posted on
01/12/2007 4:29:58 AM PST
by
Racehorse
(Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
To: indcons
Unfortunately, when you read the story the accusation doesn't hold up.
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posted on
01/12/2007 4:30:34 AM PST
by
Williams
To: indcons
"...the bus route was meant to serve a language academy at Phalen Lake for children learning English...."
A lot of misunderstandings going on here.
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posted on
01/12/2007 4:30:44 AM PST
by
contemplator
(Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
To: Racehorse
Yep...at present, it is probably Hmong and terrorists (Somalis).
If La Raza has its way, this will be the template for the rest of the country.
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posted on
01/12/2007 4:31:46 AM PST
by
indcons
To: Williams
"St. Paul schools spokeswoman Dayna Kennedy acknowledged Thursday that school officials handled the situation poorly, but said language had nothing to do with the incident."
Wonder why the school official issued a half-apology.
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posted on
01/12/2007 4:32:45 AM PST
by
indcons
To: indcons
This doesn't article doesn't seem to have anything to do with segregation, I'm not seeing how you're connecting the dots between this and La Raza.
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posted on
01/12/2007 4:34:46 AM PST
by
contemplator
(Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
To: indcons
They apologized for not giving the kids a ride home even though they are outside the attendance area. BTW I assume they mean they are outside the range of the regular bus program, if they were not in the school district they shouldn't attend unless they pay tuition.
But I'll give a half take back on my comment. I guess the mother can complain they run a bus that far out for this language program, but not for regular students.
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posted on
01/12/2007 4:38:13 AM PST
by
Williams
To: contemplator
Their action is very similar to La Raza's stated goals. For example, La Raza's motto claims proudly "For La Raza to do [sic]. Fuera de La Raza nada" [“For the community everything, outside the community nothing”].
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posted on
01/12/2007 4:40:32 AM PST
by
indcons
To: Williams
I'm betting the non English speaking kids finally got a real English lesson. How do they learn English if no one at their school speaks it?
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posted on
01/12/2007 4:43:53 AM PST
by
GOP_Proud
(How covert was Valerie Plame at the CIA? Her top-secret code name was "Valerie Plame." ...Coulter)
To: indcons
This event may grow additional legs of it's own. This was a Black child that was denied transportation. Blacks get up in arms, and rightfully so, when this stuff happens. I hope they can make a difference will all our support.
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posted on
01/12/2007 4:45:58 AM PST
by
moonman
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To: moonman
This was a Black child that was denied transportation. Blacks get up in arms, and rightfully so, when this stuff happens.
When I heard this on Fox yesterday, I wondered where Jesse Jackson and the other usual suspect were. Not a word from them that I've heard of yet.
To: indcons
Could someone post contact info on those responsible for this insanity? Also, I suspect that an enterprising attorney for say Landmark Legal could file in Federal court, charging violation of Civil Rights Act, etc. The legal underpinning of this silliness harkens back to Plessy v Ferguson's "Separate but Equal", overturned quite appropriately in 1954's Brown v Board of Ed, Topeka.
If you could post phone numbers, email addies, etc of the governing state and local agencies, they could be Freeped.
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posted on
01/12/2007 4:58:26 AM PST
by
sono
(For everyone but America the free world is mostly a free ride. - Mark Steyn)
To: GOP_Proud
How do they learn English if no one at their school speaks it?
According to quick facts section of the schools website ( http://choicecatalog.spps.org/phalen_lake_elementary.html ), 59% of them are enrolled in the English language learning course. That doesn't make sense to me. If one the goals of the program were assisted assimilation into the overall society then the English language course should be mandatory for 100%. But that doesn't seem to be the goal.
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posted on
01/12/2007 4:58:51 AM PST
by
contemplator
(Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
To: sono
Does this help?
Phalen Lake Elementary
1089 Cypress St
St Paul, MN 55106
Grades: K-6
Principal: Jan Hopke-Almer
Hours: 8:20 a.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Phone: (651) 293-8935
Fax: 651-293-8978
Web Site: http://phalen.spps.org
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posted on
01/12/2007 5:00:31 AM PST
by
indcons
To: sono
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posted on
01/12/2007 5:02:09 AM PST
by
indcons
To: YellowRoseofTx
"I wondered where Jesse Jackson and the other usual suspect were"
They are still trying to figure out who has the deep pockets here and if a correct ruling may adversely affect their racist agendas down the road.
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posted on
01/12/2007 5:03:16 AM PST
by
moonman
(`)
To: AliVeritas; holdonnow
<<<>>>> Contact info for Freeping:
Phalen Lake Elementary 1089 Cypress St St Paul, MN 55106
Grades: K-6 Principal: Jan Hopke-Almer Hours: 8:20 a.m. - 2:50 p.m. Phone: (651) 293-8935 Fax: 651-293-8978 Web Site: http://phalen.spps.org
Mark, would Landmark Legal be interested in this case? This seems to favor Plessy v Ferguson as opposed to Brown v Board of Ed.
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posted on
01/12/2007 5:29:44 AM PST
by
sono
(For everyone but America the free world is mostly a free ride. - Mark Steyn)
To: indcons
This story has nothing to do with segregating by race or language. It's about parents having special permission to use a bus to get their kid to their non-assigned school, and then losing that privilege.
To: Williams
When a school system offers a specialty program, they will often run a special bus throughout the school system to "feeder points" to transport the kids that need the specialty program. They usually can't afford to let just anybody use the bus, or else it would fill up and they would have to pay for ANOTHER bus.
You are right, the school's error was that they enforced their new policy in the middle of the day, stranding the kid at SCHOOL. Bad form, and they realise it.
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