[kinoxi]

this is good/s

[GeronL]

What was that investigation?? a phone call? these people protect their own.

We must stop the reconquista

[Ajnin]

Students are taught in English, Spanish, Mandarin and Nahuatl, an Aztec language. The school teaches both traditional math curriculum and a separate Aztec math system.

Great. Now they can be illiterate in four languages instead of two.

[goodnesswins]

"The school aimed to provide children of immigrant and native families an education "founded upon their own language, cultural values and global realities,"

Does it require them to join the REST of the GLOBE, after their studies....like move away from the TEAT of the USA and learn what REAL CULTURAL VALUES, LANGUAGE and GLOBAL REALITIES are in their countries of ORIGIN?

[Torie]

"The indigenous heart of our vision is a repossession of an identity denied"

That almost has a poetic candence.

[garbageseeker]

The LAUSD school decision is an abomination and spits in the face of all taxpayers.

I guess LAUSD supports the Mexican Nazi movement.

[LNewman]

Ping to your previous thread ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1641886/posts

[calcowgirl]

They meant to write:

A school statement last week said it did not "discriminate against any student on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity or disability, as long as you are a communist."

[bboop]

Time to pull the taxpayer teat from these good fellows.

[lentulusgracchus]

[article] "They have followed the charter that they wrote originally," said Kevin Reed, chief legal counsel for the district. "What we care about is that the curriculum is inclusive and not exclusive."

How about excluding gringos, Kev? Surely you're sensitive enough to realize what's going on when you yourself are getting dumped on because you're guero?

[garbageseeker]

It looks like the Special Education Team Has a phone number.

They might of had juristiction in this case

Their Phone Number

213-241-7600

[Uncle Hal]

What a white wash. If this had been an all white school professing Christian values it would have been closed in a NY minute.

[VOA]

Police are investigating the incident.

So much for that ever seeing the light of day.
Mark that file "L.A. Confidential".

I pity the cops doing that investigation. Working while wearing
a muzzle probably isn't any fun.

[garbageseeker]

I am concerned for the security of our great nation, not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.”

General Douglas MacArthur

[garbageseeker]

Read State Senator George Runner's Letter to Roy Romer Superintendant of Los Angeles Unified School Disrict.

June 2, 2006





Dr. Roy Romer

Los Angeles Unified School District

333 S. Beaudry Ave., 24th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90017




Dear Dr. Romer,


It has come to my attention that some questionable practices are occurring at the Academia Semillas del Pueblo charter school. Based on these reports, I am respectfully requesting that you investigate Academia Semillas del Pueblo charter school, which is a part of your school district.


As you know, LAUSD is the chartering authority for this school and so your district is responsible to hold the charter school accountable. You have full authority to revoke a charter under education code section 47607(c) if there are violations of the law.


Education Code 47607(c) states:

(c) A charter may be revoked by the authority that granted the charter under this chapter if the authority finds that the charter school did any of the following:
(1) Committed a material violation of any of the conditions, standards, or procedures set forth
in the charter.
(2) Failed to meet or pursue any of the pupil outcomes identified in the charter.
(3) Failed to meet generally accepted accounting principles, or engaged in fiscal mismanagement.
(4) Violated any provision of law.
(d) Prior to revocation, the authority that granted the charter shall notify the charter public school of any violation of this section and give the school a reasonable opportunity to cure the violation, unless the authority determines, in writing, that the violation constitutes a severe and imminent threat to the health or safety of the pupils.

Charter schools have proven to be very successful and I am in full support of them and their expansion. However, schools that may be abusing their authority and violating the law must be held accountable. I have also written a letter to Dr. Darline Robles, Los Angeles County Superintendent urging her to also investigate this school.

I urge you to take the appropriate steps as it is important to preserve the integrity of the law and not allow abuses to occur which ultimately hurts the students and the taxpayers.



Sincerely,


George C. Runner, Jr.

Senator, 17th District