Posted on 06/28/2002 6:24:09 AM PDT by boris
A Pacoima elementary school principal who angered Latino parents by requesting that only English be spoken on campus has requested a transfer, school distric officials said.
Stannis Steinbeck will serve her last day as principal of Telfair Elementary School on July 5, when the academic year ends, and then will be reassigned, possibly as a principal, said Judy Burton, the Los Angeles Unified School District's superintendent for the northeast San Fernando Valley.
Telfair, one of the district's lowest performing schools, has had three principals in the last four years. Steinbeck got into a spat with parents last month after she asked some Spanish-speaking parents to use only English.
Parents accused Steinbeck of being insensitive, but Burton said the district had no intention of moving the principal had she not requested the transfer. Burton said Telfair has been plagued by inconsistent leadership and infighting among faculty.
The America Reads Challenge: READ*WRITE*NOW program was developed by reading experts using the best research, and successful experiences of teachers, librarians, and families, to increase and maintain reading achievement and reading skills for all children--including those with disabilities--during the summer. Materials include a summer reading activity kit, certificate templates, and special activities for young children. Spanish versions are available for most materials.
Certainly this program is not available in Spanish to help parents (who only speak Spanish) to teach their children to read English. Or is it?
I recommend that we give the Spanish speaking parents and students the tranfer instead. A permanant one - right back over the damn border.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.