this is a letter to the editors of the napa valley times here in northern ca.

idn't blame migrants for shift
Monday, February 28, 2005

Dear editor,

I read the letter by Rhonda Nelson dated Feb. 3 ("NVUSD should serve the majority"), where she says that Hispanic people are trying to change American tradition. "So what's next, NVUSD? Closing the school for Cinco de Mayo?" She seems to blame Mexican immigrants for all the vacation changes made by NVUSD. We Mexicans don't have the control to change anything. If anyone asked us, we would like to have the whole month of December as vacation! It's cold here and warm in Mexico when we visit our families, so we would like to stay longer! Nevertheless, we didn't ask for any vacation change by NVUSD.

Marco Hernandez

Napa