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Principal who told kids not to speak Spanish will lose job
Chron ^ | 3/19/2014

Posted on 03/19/2014 10:05:24 AM PDT by Altura Ct.

HEMPSTEAD - The Hempstead school board won't renew the contract of a principal who instructed her students not to speak Spanish, in a rapidly-evolving district where more than half of the students, like many Texas schools, are now Hispanic.

Hempstead Middle School Principal Amy Lacey was placed on paid administrative leave in December after reportedly announcing, via intercom, that students were not to speak Spanish on the school's campus. The Hispanic population of the rural area, roughly 50 miles northwest of Houston, is growing quickly, and Latino advocates say that it's important to allow Spanish in public schools.

"When you start banning aspects of ethnicity or cultural identity," says Augustin Pinedo, director of the League of United Latin American Citizens Region 18, "it sends the message that the child is not wanted: 'We don't want your color. We don't want your kind.' They then tend to drop out early."

Such fast growth is pervasive in Texas, says Steve Murdock, a professor at Rice University and director of the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas. Half of all Texas public-school students are now Hispanic, he notes. "When you look at issues related to education in Texas, to a great extent, you're looking at the education of Hispanic children."

Similar growth patterns, he says, hold true for the rest of the United States: "It's not just Texas."

Civil rights advocates say Lacey's suspension may have set off a campaign to intimidate Hispanics, including the district's superintendent, Delma Flores-Smith. They are calling for the Department of Justice and the FBI to investigate possible civil rights violations. An FBI spokesman would not confirm an investigation.

(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Mexico; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: lawsuit; texas
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To: Monmouth78
Texas will be a blue state soon. Demographics are destiny.

I liken America's decline to the life cycle and death throes of a massive star.

We burned on the 'main sequence' until the 1960's ... that's when our 'hydrogen' (ie. liberty) first began to show signs of depletion and we started to fuse 'helium' into 'carbon' and 'oxygen' and so on.

We're now a swollen red supergiant, with 'iron' in our core. When we start trying to fuse the 'iron', the collapse begins and a supernova ensues.

When Texas becomes a 'blue state', we're officially 'fusing iron', and we're soon going supernova.

61 posted on 03/19/2014 11:48:35 AM PDT by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: Red Badger

Exactly.


62 posted on 03/19/2014 12:00:01 PM PDT by Wicket (1 Peter 3:15 , Romans 5:5-8)
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To: I want the USA back

My parents ranch in SE Colorado and have in their employ a young Mexican guy who grew up in Durango who has 3 children. They are probably 1st and 3rd grade with a toddler.

They do not speak a lick of English. My mother tells me they are way behind the other kids in school. Obviously, both parents speak Spanish in the home and there is no motivation for them to speak English (they both do) for the benefit of their kids. Surprise..

Another point is that it is not fair to the English speaking kids to be held back by these kids.

It sucks...


63 posted on 03/19/2014 12:22:19 PM PDT by Man from Oz
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To: Altura Ct.

64 posted on 03/19/2014 12:23:22 PM PDT by Edward Teach
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To: Altura Ct.

I’ll bet next month’s mortgage that Ms. Lacey is replaced by someone with a better suntan.


65 posted on 03/19/2014 12:36:08 PM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Altura Ct.
"it sends the message that the child is not wanted: 'We don't want your color. We don't want your kind.' They then tend to drop out early."

See. It's evil Whitey's fault that these poor Mexican kids drop out of school. I wonder what causes the low achievement of Mexican kids in Mexico.

66 posted on 03/19/2014 12:53:53 PM PDT by Count of Monte Fisto (The foundation of modern society is the denial of reality.)
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To: Altura Ct.
Hempstead has really changed. I can remember when it had a sign at its city limits that read,

"N-----, don't let the sun go down on your back in this town."

Even as a kid, I thought that was really weird...

67 posted on 03/19/2014 1:17:05 PM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! REPEAT San Jacinto!!!)
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To: noinfringers2

same with the parents of my folks, as well. from italy and germany.

the difference is they had a mindset where they WANTED to assimilate into the country. they knew they would be altering things, in order to do well here.

the mexicans by and large do NOT want to assimilate. they are here only to work and get social benefits here so that they can send most of what they earn to their HOME COUNTRY. they just want to USE America like a condom and toss it aside when its usefulness is spent.

It’s total selfishness. they only want benefits and money and anything that makes their life easier here. they don’t want to blend in, assimilate and give up some of their identity to become integrated Americans.

the fact they want to carve out atzlan proves it. the fact they send what they earn home to mexico proves it. the fact many don’t even want citizenship but just want to make money here to send back to mexico, proves it.


68 posted on 03/19/2014 1:48:27 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Altura Ct.

“Somebody remind me again exactly what it is that unites us? “

Hispanic culture.


69 posted on 03/19/2014 2:03:52 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Secret Agent Man

Your take on Mexican immigrants, legal and illegal, are much like mine and I would include many other nationalities as well, such as from Muslim nations.


70 posted on 03/19/2014 2:09:12 PM PDT by noinfringers2
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To: Secret Agent Man

Then drop an email to the city, the school board, the Chamber of Commerce. I just wrote one making it clear that their racism and bigoted anti-Americanism cost them every person I can tell NOT to go there and do business. The Chamber wrote me back and said it is tearing the town apart. I said, tough, then replace the board with Americans...until then, sorry.


71 posted on 03/19/2014 2:29:23 PM PDT by Dutchboy88
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To: Altura Ct.

I was under the apparentlt mistaken impression that everyone who wants to live in the U.S. should speak English, and the best way to learn it is to speak it!!


72 posted on 03/19/2014 2:29:32 PM PDT by terycarl (common sense prevails over all else)
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To: terycarl

The rest of the world understands that learning English is crucial, especially to succeed in global business.


73 posted on 03/19/2014 2:30:32 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Altura Ct.
Somebody remind me again exactly what it is that unites us?

Not much anymore. It was once a great, unified country. Everything comes to an end, though.

74 posted on 03/19/2014 4:32:26 PM PDT by OldPossum ("It's" is the contraction of "it" and "is"; think about ITS implications.)
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To: pacpam
> ...the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, those who kept their land and stayed in what would now be the United States of America, agreed to forsake their culture and assimilate.

Here's a link to a copy of the treaty. I see no mention of forsaking their culture and assimilating. On the other hand, the treaty doesn't provide any special protections for their language either (as some anti-English-as-national-language persons claim). The word 'language' doesn't appear anywhere in the text.

75 posted on 03/19/2014 5:12:54 PM PDT by GJones2 (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo)
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To: bjorn14

Or a total leftist with a major agenda...

Ya know if this is happening in Texas, what other regions/states have developed into. It’s just nasty to the core.


76 posted on 03/19/2014 7:28:21 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Altura Ct.
Such fast growth is pervasive in Texas, says Steve Murdock, a professor. Half of all Texas public-school students are now Hispanic, he notes. "When you look at issues related to education in Texas, to a great extent, you're looking at the education of Hispanic children."

And think of the huge plus for big biz and their insatiable demand for low wage labor...Government loves it too as socialism and control is so much easier.

77 posted on 03/19/2014 7:39:05 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: GJones2

Culture includes the language spoken.


78 posted on 03/20/2014 10:21:09 AM PDT by pacpam (action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
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To: GJones2

ARTICLE IX

“...shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic,”

Hence my interpretation.


79 posted on 03/20/2014 10:33:56 AM PDT by pacpam (action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
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