Posted on 12/18/2006 9:45:40 AM PST by DigitalVideoDude
District wants to accommodate families who travel to Mexico and Central America during the holiday season. SANTA ANA For the Pineda family, a two-week winter break is just too short. Miguel and Anabeth, and their two children from Washington Elementary, use that time off from school each year to visit grandparents and other family spread across three states in Mexico. "It's just a lot of traveling to fit into two weeks," Miguel Pineda said. "We didn't want the children to miss school so we just deal with it." But this year, Santa Ana Unified gave the family an unexpected holiday gift an extra week of vacation. For the first time, students at all 60 Santa Ana Unified schools will get three full weeks off for the winter break. It's a way to accommodate the district's high concentration of immigrant families, many of whom travel to Mexico and Central America to reunite with relatives for extended Christmas vacations, officials said.
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Well, isn't this a heads up for the MinuteMen? :^D
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.
So much for that assimilation Bravo Sierra.
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??
ping
Because we're supposed to accomodate them, not the other way around.
That's not true! The Mexicans are culturally conservative who will vote Republican.
Or so the Bushbots on this forum tell me.
I went through the LAUSD in the 70's where were they then, for an extended "break"?
good grief...
Tijuana Norte.
Even the black folks moved out.
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
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
As long as it doesn't shorten summer break. lol
The kids going to school in Paramount, CA, get 3 weeks for Christmas break, too.
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.
Heck, they keep shortening that anyway. I started back to school on August 8th this year.
susie
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.
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
- 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
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