This morning someone finally posted about the marches on our town board. As parents we didn't receive any notification encouraging our children to stay in school. We'll see how it plays out. I'll report here next week. Last year lots of kids spontaneously walked out and then walked the streets angerily with Mexican/other countries flags. My city is getting more fed up even as I post this...


chiapas
Junior Member 67 Posts
Posted - 04/29/2007 : 08:50:26
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On May 1, many students will be missing school to rally in Chicago for immigrant rights. It would be great if some of you who are so concerned about the quality of education in Waukegan stood up for the sometimes invisible members of the community, the undocumented immigrants in our midst. Our school district has well over 1,000 undocumented immigrants. They're entitled to a good education too. Even if you're against them, we're all in the same boat because if they flounder and their achievement plummets, it affects "adequate yearly progress" and we get sanctioned by the federal government.

http://www.waukegan.org/Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7120

kellyann1293
Advanced Member 2130 Posts
Posted - 04/29/2007 : 09:42:06
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According to Guerra (from the April 10 board meeting), truancy costs the district half a million dollars a year. The district loses money every time a child misses school.

Wonder how much we will lose on May 1?