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(Catholic) School Sued for English-Only Policy
kxly.com ^ | Aug 14, 2008 | staff

Posted on 08/15/2008 8:05:52 PM PDT by kellynla

WICHITA, KN -- A lawsuit boiling in Wichita, Kansas over an English-only policy could have major ramifications for a Catholic school.

Saint Anne's Catholic school, its principal, the church and the diocese are being sued for implementing an English only policy at school.

When some students refused to sign a pledge to honor the policy they were expelled and their parents filed suit.

Three families are suing alleging that the policy discriminates against those who speak other languages and lawyers for the families say it's racial discrimination and therefore violates their civil rights.

The school says the policy was a response to problems in school environment, saying that if a student uses a language other than English to speak ill of others that it's not fair.

Supporters of the school are troubled by the lawsuit and point out that students who attend Saint Anne's do so by choice.

All of the families in this case are legal immigrants or American citizens.

The case is expected to conclude by Friday.


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KEYWORDS: aliens; catholic; education; engishonly; immigrantlist; judiciary; lawsuit; parochialschools; privateschool; schools
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To: Libertarianize the GOP
"...but a policy that treats everyone the same without regard to their racial category can not violate even a lawyers intentional misinterpretation of the law.

Don't you wish that were so; check out a doctrine called "disparate impact," and weep for America.

21 posted on 08/15/2008 9:01:29 PM PDT by TrueKnightGalahad (When you're racing...it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.)
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To: kellynla

Private schools are ALLOWED to do such things. This is a lawsuit to nowhere.


22 posted on 08/15/2008 9:12:50 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: Tanniker Smith

You’re right. If this is a Wichita Catholic school then the tuition is FREE.


23 posted on 08/15/2008 9:15:32 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: kellynla
Three families are suing alleging that the policy discriminates against those who speak other languages and lawyers for the families say it's racial discrimination and therefore violates their civil rights.
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I am willing to bet the farm that those three families are **plants** from the NEA and the atheisitic Secular Humanist DemonRATS!

Witchta, Catholic schools are **FREE**. Every Catholic child in the these schools can attend FREE! The members pull this off through tithing.

I bet these families are merely in the school as operatives of the NEA and Democrats in an effort to bankrupt this **marvelous** free program for Catholic youth.

If this idea of FREE schools for Christian youth were to catch on throughout the country...Well!...We **know** what would happen to government teaching jobs and votes for the Democratic Party.

24 posted on 08/15/2008 9:16:24 PM PDT by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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To: ThomasThomas
I think the only real argument would be that they changed the rules in the middle of a contract.
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Catholic schools in Wichita are FREE to all Catholic children. Huh?...So? ..Where's the contract? Should the school give the parents their money back?

But,,,Maybe it is possible that these children are not Catholic and they are paying tuition . The writer doesn't give these details.

25 posted on 08/15/2008 9:22:13 PM PDT by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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To: kellynla
The school says the policy was a response to problems in school environment, saying that if a student uses a language other than English to speak ill of others that it's not fair.

My grandmother wouldn't speak her native language in front of Americans for that reason, that they would know that she was not mean mouthing them.

At one time immigrants had integrity. Not so much anymore.

26 posted on 08/15/2008 10:05:02 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: kellynla

btt


27 posted on 08/15/2008 10:15:16 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: kellynla

In 1959 there were 3 Hispanics in my school, Junior, my best friend, and his sisters Gracy and Cookie. Their dad was an engineer at RCA.

2008 in the same neighborhood I have a 5 year old that starts school this September. There are 22 white kids and 425 Mexicans. The school has an API score of 779 and an API year over year growth of -4.

I think it is time to give California more money for schools for protecting us from peasant immigrants.


28 posted on 08/15/2008 11:24:31 PM PDT by Haddit (A Hunter Conservative)
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To: Haddit

The ONLY solution is enforcement of the immigration laws.
Secure BOTH borders.
Deport ALL illegals including the incarcerated foreigners and foreign Muslims.
And fine employers who hire illegals.

Either we are at war and a country of borders or we aren’t!

But, I’m tired of Mexico dumping their trash, drugs and problems on our back porch! Mexico is one of the richest countries on the planet and it’s way past time for Mexicans to go home and either solve their problems with Mexico and/or “get in line” just like everyone else who emigrated to this country had to do!

And Hispanic Americans are the folks who are most upset about the illegal immigrant invasion! It’s their livelihood that has been most violated!

The “free roach coach lunch” is ooooooooover!


29 posted on 08/15/2008 11:57:45 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: keepitreal
"How about just English is the language of life and commerce in this country. In order for the students to be successful in their lives they must speak English and we will only speak English in this school so that they have lots of practice toward total proficiency."

You make a great point,unfortunately the powers that be won't even address it because it makes too much sense! I grew up in Miami and attended both a Catholic grade school and high school. That was throughout the 60s and we often had Cuban refugee students joining the class during the school year. The nuns would allow them to get acclimated for a month or two and then they HAD to try to respond in class in English. The sisters went out of their way to give the Cuban girls, I went to all girls schools, extra instruction to help them learn to read and write English. By the end of the year it was amazing what they could do. Sure the language they spoke and wrote was very broken and rudimentary, but by gosh it was English.

30 posted on 08/16/2008 2:33:59 AM PDT by Mila
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To: kellynla
The diocese has said the school enacted the policy in response to four students who were using Spanish to bully others and to put down teachers and administrators.
31 posted on 08/16/2008 4:40:56 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: kellynla
Just once, when someone claims that an "English only" policy is racist respond with, "You're the racist, by assuming that people of other races are mentally incapable of learning English! Are you claiming that white people are superior? Now THAT'S racist!"

Mark

32 posted on 08/16/2008 5:15:19 AM PDT by MarkL (Al Gore: The Greenhouse Gasbag! (heard on Bob Brinker's Money Talk))
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To: kellynla

So let the little bastards back in, ignore them when they speak other than English, only speak English to them, fail their asses when they can’t perform and put their money in the bank.


33 posted on 08/16/2008 5:22:40 AM PDT by Feckless (En Temps)
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To: Feckless
I “think” this is “all about money” like it is in 90% of all civil lawsuits...they couldn't care less about the “English only policy” and/or the so called “prejudice”, “racism” and/or “discrimination”...just some ambulance chasing attorney and some greedy client with dollar signs rolling through their heads, who's only interest is “show me the money!” LOL
34 posted on 08/16/2008 6:37:50 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: Mila

And I bet by the time the girls finished school they were prepared to be successful and not just limited to menial jobs because of their lack of ability to speak English.


35 posted on 08/16/2008 8:00:20 AM PDT by keepitreal ("I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message. . . until I don't.")
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To: metmom

I was a bar manager at a local country club for about 10 yrs. 90% of our staff were legal immigrants from El Salvador and the Phillippines. They would gather in the coffee room and chat in their own language. Problem was whatever was said in the coffee room could be heard by the members in our small ‘Grill Room’ where the bar was.
I finally trained them to stop. I just thought it was rude.


36 posted on 08/16/2008 8:00:40 AM PDT by sheana
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To: keepitreal

Absolutely correct!


37 posted on 08/16/2008 8:53:45 AM PDT by Mila
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