Santa Ana Unified adds third week to schools' winter break

The ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER ^ | Monday, December 18, 2006 | FERMIN LEAL

[dangus]

Well, isn't this a heads up for the MinuteMen? :^D

[DigitalVideoDude]

I attended Smedley Jr. High for one year in '72. I used to carry my money in my shoe and never stored anything of value in my locker. There were many racial near-riots between the chicanos and the blacks, and this was a Jr. High. As a white boy, my ethinicity made up maybe 5% of the school population.

I was destined for Santa Ana Valley High but my parents bailed on Santa Ana for the City of Orange. Now, Orange is transforming into Santa Ana. My daughter will not be attending my alma mater in Orange.

[VOA]

So much for that assimilation Bravo Sierra.

[Brad’s Gramma]

For the Pineda family, a two-week winter break is just too short.

What about the "Nyguen" family in Garden Grove? I'm SURE AS SHOOTING that the GGSD will give their kids a good month or two off to visit their families in Viet Nam. Right?

Right?

I mean, this whole thing just CAN'T be about Mexico, can it??

[gubamyster]

ping

[Nea Wood]

So why don't they just do what we did when I was in elementary school? Get extra vacation time approved by the school, take your stuff with you and keep up with your class.

Because we're supposed to accomodate them, not the other way around.

[Lizavetta]

Orange County won't be considered a "conservative bastion" for too much longer.

That's not true! The Mexicans are culturally conservative who will vote Republican.

Or so the Bushbots on this forum tell me.

[kstewskis]

stinkers!

I went through the LAUSD in the 70's where were they then, for an extended "break"?

good grief...

[janetgreen]

Santa Ana Unified School District is 91.3% Hispanic, according to Orange County School District records.

Tijuana Norte.

[DigitalVideoDude]

Even the black folks moved out.

[brytlea]

Alot of our *immigrant* students missed most of December, to go home to visit in Mexico. It was a pain in the rear because, of course, we were required to catch them up (including giving them finals they missed) when school started back up in January.
susie

[brytlea]

Actually, between all of the holidays and sickness at that time of the year, I think they should give a vaction from Thanksgiving until January anyway....not that it would be popular.
susie

[mysterio]

As long as it doesn't shorten summer break. lol

[California74]

The kids going to school in Paramount, CA, get 3 weeks for Christmas break, too.

[aShepard]

Just wonderful, we continue to take care of "the Village".

Meanwhile, productive Americans need to take additional time away from their jobs to care for the homebound children, or they need to expensive hire care workers for the extra week, so the Mexicans can visit Grandma!

This country is so screwed up. Soon we'll have have a month long school break for Ramadamadingdong, a week for Hanukkah, a week for Jewish New Year - but extend the Easter weekend for Good Friday - that's unconstitutional!

[ReagansShinyHair]

I bet this had to do with money. The school was probably losing too much money from the amount of students who were absent due to their parents taking an extended vacation with them. From the school's point of view, it's better to close down than run on less money. I'm sure they're tacking the days onto the end/beginning of the school year.

[brytlea]

Heck, they keep shortening that anyway. I started back to school on August 8th this year.
susie

[mysterio]

I see no reason summer shouldn't be Memorial day to Labor day. They say the kids get soft during that time, but that's what my college summers were like 7 or 8 years ago, and I still did well. It's what you do with your mind, and that's up to the parents and the kids. The school isn't responsible for every aspect of learning. Summer teaches you that eventually you will be out there on your own and if you want to learn, you have to take the initiative yourself. Eliminating vacations teaches you that you have to do nothing yourself and that our pal the government will take care of that for you.

[brytlea]

I suspect that working parents drive some of the shortening of the summer. They have to pay for their kids to be somewhere when the free babysitting--I mean public school--is not in session.
susie

[CT]

Fewer Illegal Immigrants Dare to Make Annual Mexico Visits (CNSNews.com)

- Tighter border controls mean fewer Mexicans are making the trip home for a visit, because they may not be able to return to the place where they live and work - the United States, the Houston Chronicle reported. Read News on the Web