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[quote=Anonymous][quote]So county council, BOE - how is the extra money going to be used? How is reducing class size by 2 students going to help? Why should my $$$ be used to help kids learn English? Shouldn't that be on the parent's dime? My immigrant parents took English classes when they came here. They spoke English to us at home so we were prepared when we entered kindergarten. We were low income but they paid our neighbor to tutor us. And, why aren't parents held accountable? If their kids don't pass each grade, the parents need to pay to have them repeat the class until they do pass. Both my parents worked over 8 hours a day. They came home exhausted but still spent time with us because they value education. [/quote]

ESOL is federally mandated.  So, if you have a problem with children being given the tools to succeed, you'll have to take it up with Congress.  As for your suggestion that parents pay for kids to repeat a year, that is also illegal.  Children are guaranteed a free and appropriate education in this country.

As for your immigrant success story, there's nothing worse than someone who benefited from the system and then wants to pull up the ladder behind them.  I'd be interested to know what social safety net options your family exercised.  Free English lessons offered through the county?  A social worker to help navigate the system? Reduced school meals?  [/quote]

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