[quote=flu][quote=joec]This maybe why certain people simply refuse to buy in certain housing areas in the south bay…schools have a larger population of this happening and I don’t know the percentages, but I certainly don’t see that many latino/foreign types in my hood simply due to the cost of the housing around here.
Economic segregation seems to be the thing keeping houses in “better” school districts from dropping as much in prices due to higher demand…
Just one less thing to worry about I guess, esp with constant funding issues with school.[/quote]
Lol… now you did it. I’m waiting for the responses that will now defend Chula Vista and what a great city it is and how border kids aren’t affecting the school districts in it……self-contradicting earlier posts about how horrible this problem is in such areas…
I don’t know if migrants kids are or are not a real problem in public schools…But I’ll agree with you, that I haven’t seen an issue in my neighborhood’s school districts either, lol.
Must be that my hood is in a far flung area invested with tract homes that have too many walls and too many lizards… 🙂
Have a nice weekend!….[/quote]flu, once again, you’re twisting the issue to suit yourself in that convoluted mind of yours. YOU created the topic on this thread so YOU can stay on it! We aren’t talking about “migrant’s kids” here and you know it. That issue exists in Merced, Hanford, Fresno, Stockton and Lodi, for starters, but NOT SD County.
We’re talking about kids crossing the border every day to go to public school in SD South County who don’t meet the residency requirements to do so in any way, shape or form. Why?? Because they LIVE IN MEXICO! Plain and simple.
Perhaps your district refuses to accept “affidavits” to prove residency but will only accept a court order for guardianship (as it SHOULD be, IMO). Most likely, your schools are too far for this group to travel every day (too many buses after disembarking the trolley) and it is very likely that their parents don’t have jobs in the area of your public schools (so didn’t attempt to get their kids enrolled there). The daily border-crossing student group already gets up VERY early just to attend public school in South County SD! That’s why there have been many reports over the years by teachers and other students of so many students falling asleep in afternoon classes.
Believe me, if you DID have the problem and your public elementary schools had to begin setting aside 50% or more of each grade level for this HUGE ESL group, you would know it! The parents in your area would be causing an uproar with the press and calling a meeting in an auditorium with the superintendent with the TV cameras rolling.
You’re just one more Pigg with a NIMBY out-of-sight, out-of-mind attitude about this issue and that’s okay. But that doesn’t make the problem not real or make it go away.
And btw, joec, CVESD and SUHSD are “better” school districts. Our teachers have won teacher of the year (best in county and state) in multiple years and are among the best in the country! They move mountains for the kids and are extremely competent … especially considering the environment they have to work in. I have the utmost respect for them and also the HS academic advisors. They ALL have hard jobs that are not for everyone but someone has to do :=0
And we have quite a few schools of both CVESD and SUHSD which score an “8” or a “9.”
As far as individual school and district administration personnel, most of them certainly could be much more competent than they are, IMO. And I believe school district administration is corrupt at the top due to this border issue. They could have been lobbying their representatives for change but instead have done nothing about it but sit back and collect the “head count money” from Sacramento. By the top brass “looking the other way,” it affects every student in one way or another and some much more than others, especially those who are not able to attend the schools in their attendance areas due to overcrowding. This is especially a travesty for those students whose parents pay exorbitant MR.
