Posted on 02/24/2005 4:18:24 PM PST by Conservative Firster
Lawmakers in Nebraska are discussing how to deal with a mass exodus of white families from public schools heavily attended by non-English-speaking Hispanics.
Small towns like Lexington and Schuyler have experienced a large influx of Hispanics seeking employment at meat-packing plants. The immigration, often illegal, has prompted white families to enroll their children in small elementary schools outside those towns.
Lawmakers in the Nebraska Legislature have been debating a measure than would force a merger of elementary-only "Class 1" districts with traditional K-12 districts across the state. State Senator Adrian Smith has concerns about shutting down high-quality, rural schools.
"Right now there are already districts merging at a rate of one district every two weeks, so the number of districts is already decreasing -- and I think the natural flow of that is certainly going to address the problem," the senator says. "The racial imbalance is an issue that's difficult to deal with, and certainly forced consolidation does not answer the problem."
However, proponents believe the measure is necessary to curb segregation in Nebraska school. Smith contends that is an argument of convenience.
"These issues have been going on for several years -- this is not a new thing within the last two years," he says. "But additionally, the fact [is] that consolidation ... does not force any desegregation whatsoever. In fact, the overcrowding in these buildings still exists, just within a larger school district context."
In some Nebraska school districts, as much as one-third of the students are learning English as a second language.
So, in order to stop the problem, they are going to shut down the schools that are providing good education to legal residents? What kind of idiocy is that? Heaven forbid we root out all the illegals.
Amazing. Rather than deal with the real problem . . .
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| Posted by JohnHuang2 On News/Activism 02/21/2005 2:33:34 AM CST · 22 replies · 675+ views Washington Times ^ | Monday, February 21, 2005 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Dick Eisenhauer is tired of watching white families take their children out of the schools in his Nebraska district and enroll them in smaller, outlying ones, where there are virtually no poor or Hispanic students. Like many of Nebraska's school systems, the Lexington district where Mr. Eisenhauer is superintendent has seen an influx of Hispanics, largely because of jobs at the meatpacking plants, and an accompanying exodus of white students to public elementary schools just outside town. Click to learn more... And there is nothing Mr. Eisenhauer can do about it. Nebraska law allows students to... |
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Interesting they try to put a racist spin on it when the real issue is overcrowded schools.
I believe the last 2 words sums up the whole problem......
(Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News.")
Nice try at painting Nebraskans as racists but it doesn't fly. If the schools were "heavily attended" by non-English-speaking Swiss, non-English-speaking Belgians, or non-English-speaking Germans the "white flight" would continue. Who in the hell wants to put their kids in schools where the pace must be slowed waaaaaaaaayyyyy down for those who can't speak the language?
Ah, stupidity: A shrinking tax base and illegals by the thousands. Brilliant Liberal Think.
We don't call Lexington, Mexington for nothing! That small town has taco vendors riding bikes in the streets. Everyone that was an american there has moved to Johnson lake.
Too bad Dick Eisenhauer is tired. Parents have the right to educate their children wherever they want and for whatever reason, and if Dick tries to make a big deal about it, he might see a mass exodus from the public schools altogether.
This is just the start, the wealthy employers want to foist
the mess these non-english mexicans are going to cause.
First they arent all that hard working, Ive worked with mexicans and they arent any faster than anyone else.
Secondly they may be working for whitey, but they "hate"
his lilly white butt just like blacks do.
Finally they arent ever going to "intergrate" into white
society they are going to overwhelm it and destroy it, just so a few fat cats can turn a quick buck.
I remember Lexington before meat packing what a nice little town it was. Sometimes economic growth for it's own shake is a mistake. As for the unicamerals actions all I can say is thank goodness term limits in nebraska are on the way.
Immigrants Running Free
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350468/posts
I thought you might like to see this.
"Educational Migration" in action! May this be a warning to communities who allow the Public School system, and in this case, Immigration Officers, fail their children.
This wont go over too big but the fact is its easy to be a liberal and speak about integration or Spanish speaking schools , That is until your kid is faced with becoming a minority in your own schools. How many liberals do you know that are living in Black or Hispanic sections of town, They talk a good game but they put their house for sale or move their kids to a private school.I wouldnt want my kid in a school in America where English is a second language either, , but I admit it. Liberals wont. I know of no Congresscritters who's kids are in the public school system in Washington DC. We need to make English the official language and we need to do it now .
"So, in order to stop the problem, they are going to shut down the schools that are providing good education to legal residents? What kind of idiocy is that? Heaven forbid we root out all the illegals."
Logic has totally bypassed this topic.
Well said, friend, well said.
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