By Associated Press
BOISE -
Idaho's Hispanic population grew three times faster than the state as a whole in the first two years after the last census.
Leaders of the state's largest minority say that puts more pressure on public schools.
According to new estimates from the Census Bureau, the state grew at three-point-two percent overall from mid-2000 to mid-2002, with the Hispanic population jumping ten-point-six percent. Only 13 other states saw higher percentage growth in their Hispanic groups.
Gladys Esquibel, who heads the state Commission on Hispanic Affairs, says schools must change to address the needs of Hispanic students. The latest results from the state standards achievement tests show that more than half of Hispanic high school sophomores failed.
I assume that Gladys means that the formerly high standard of learning must be lowered to suit the new arrivals. The same thing happened in California. What a load of cr**.
Yep, it's all just part of the federally approved invasion of our country....
Changing schools to meet the needs of the Hispanic students admits they're not up to learning what an American typically can learn ---- you've got to drop English and bring in Mexican teachers to teach in Spanish, you drop most of the harder courses and all standards. You don't teach about American history --- teach them about heroes like Pancho Villa, add a day care on the high school and middle school campuses and allow gangs to run the halls.