San Diego public school teachers to give migrant kids in-person instruction before their own students

foxnews.com ^ | Peter Hasson

[RoosterRedux]

Teachers from San Diego Unified School District are teaching migrant children in-person before their own students get to experience in-person learning, Fox News has learned.

SDUSD students are currently learning in an online-only format and are expected to move into a hybrid model on April 12, where they will be learning in a combination of in-person and online formats, according to the school district's website.

"We have 130,000 kids who haven't been allowed in a classroom for over a year in the San Diego United School District. It's great that there's in-person learning for those unaccompanied minors from Central America, but I wish every child in San Diego Country was allowed the same opportunity for in-person teaching," San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond told Fox News.

"The system is broken when San Diego teachers are teaching migrant children in person, but the 100k students of taxpaying families at San Diego Unified School District are stuck learning in Zoom school," Emily Diaz, an SDUSD parent, told Fox News in an email.

"We agree that every child deserves an in-person education, but why are taxpaying students put last? If this is a humanitarian issue then who is rescuing San Diego Unified students, because our leaders have failed them," Diaz. added.

SDUSD spokeswoman confirmed to Fox News that district has shared the information about the opportunity for teachers to volunteer teaching migrant children in-person during their spring break this week, but said she doesn't know if teachers are getting paid, saying that it's up to the county.

The spokesperson added that she does not know if teachers will be reimbursed for their expenses.

"The San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) is providing the educational program for the unaccompanied migrant children who will be staying at the San Diego Convention Center through July.

[pepsionice]

Just an odd question...but since none of these migrant kids speak English, and the majority don’t speak Mexican-Spanish...how exactly do these San Diego teachers fit into this scenario? Taking into consideration that a 14-year old kid in this migrant scenario is probably five years behind what you’d expect with an American kid....not speaking English, and mostly with Honduran-Spanish or Guatemalan-Spanish....I see this as a dead-end discussion with the city education folks. This falls into the Comanache-saying....you can only ride a dead-horse so far, then you dismount.

[Travis McGee]

[Liz]

Are S/D teaches' that dumb? The migrants are flown in at taxpayers' expense w/ signs saying "I speak no English."
The migrants are light years behind American kids' level of learning and speak mostly Honduran/Guatemalan dialects.
So how exactly will these English-speaking San Diego teachers accomplish anything even close to teaching?

This harebrained teachers' plan falls into the realm of the insightful Comanche-saying....
"you can only ride a dead-horse so far, then you dismount." (h/t pepsionice)

[Liz]

The S/D spokesperson said she does not know if teachers will be reimbursed for their expenses.

You can bet "humane" Uncle Joe is writing out the checks as we type..... struggling taxpayers will pay the tab for this boondoggle.