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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| 2,500 Illegal Alien Children Do Not Show Up For School |
| 2008-09-26 |
| An alarming number of students were conspicuously absent from class when schools in the East Valley reconvened in August. Half of the 10 school districts in the area reported a loss in enrollment from the same time the previous year. Some of the biggest hits were felt in Mesa, Tempe and Apache Junction districts, where about 2,500 students who were expected to be there never showed up. Despite tremendous growth in the East Valley over the last decade, the inability to predict population variations, the effects of competition created through open enrollment and the sudden change in the housing market have left school administrators and governing boards guessing about the future of their schools and grasping at ways to quickly address the holes left in their budgets as students seemingly disappear. And no mention of illegal aliens in the entire story. Authorities are "mystified". Could it be UFOs abducting children? |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #10 250 Families? Yup, and maybe a dozen houses. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-26 20:52 |
| #9 2,500 students. That's what? 250 families? |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-09-26 19:40 |
| #8 Super Extraordinary Rendition? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-09-26 18:04 |
| #7 Illegal alien abductions? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-09-26 17:19 |
| #6 It's a good question how many went back to Mexico. I read elsewhere that North Carolina is now the fastest growing State in the US, because it is very liberal to illegals. Canada is also getting a lot of Mexican illegals, because it does not require passports of Mexicans to enter. Remember also that Arizona was early on the bandwagon to e-Verify and prosecuting employers for hiring illegals, which was believed (no stats) to cause a big outflow of illegals at the time. And yes, Joe Arpaio's efforts as well, which truthfully I think were more PR than practical. Otherwise, one city named Guadalupe, just South of Phoenix, has no police right now because they were policed by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (Joe again), and have canceled the contract. Ironically, they are not Mexican, but Yaqui Indian, who are so government averse that many of them, though citizens, have little or no paper proof. Another city in East Phoenix Metro is actually paying a landscaper $75,000 to fight the charge that they knowingly hired illegals. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-09-26 16:38 |
| #5 That'd make sense, sinse. Too much sense, in fact. It's against the law for the schools to ask for proof of citizenship. You probably know this already but I remember when I was a young whippersnapper a long, long time ago I worked with school administrators in a very, very conservative California school district. I was ignorant and naive and my mouth dropped open when they told me that. I couldn't believe it. The two older men looked at each other and nodded when they saw the expression on my face. But now, let's tie this in with a more current topic. How many of those 2500 students belonged to families who defaulted on their sub prime mortgages when they went back to Mexico? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-09-26 14:41 |
| #4 what's the problem here. I think if the school systems know that students are illegal aliens the they shit report the entire family too the INS. I know it's not the kids faults but I have enough trouble affording my kids education and by them making taxes higher too educate an illegal is a slap in the face |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-09-26 14:04 |
| #3 Last year, when the districts learned they had a butt load of unneeded ESL teachers, and already had a full complement of Spanish teachers, they made the ESL teachers an offer. Learn some other language to teach if you want to keep working. They are very cynical about the whole thing. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-09-26 13:44 |
| #2 Gee, that's too bad. only down side, what will the school do with all those dual languae ( or spanish only) texts if there are only English speaking students there? question 2: when do the rest leave? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-09-26 12:10 |
| #1 ... grasping at ways to quickly address the holes left in their budgets as students seemingly disappear. When school budgets are set by population the integrity of the system is based upon preserving the flow of money to one's own little fiefdom. There is no loyalty to the taxpayer in economizing the resources. The Tranzies* never grasped that they took the money from other school districts that need it just as much, if not more. *Transnational Progressive [aka International Socialist] who have no loyalty to an American national identity or border. They want to loot American resources for their own agenda. They demand obedience from the |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-09-26 11:34 |