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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think people realize that most ESOL students were born in the U.S. which makes them U.S. citizens. Whether their parents are here illegally is a moot point. There is an increase in these students because Hispanics tend to have more children. They are here to stay.[/quote]

Born in the US or not (and legal or illegal), they are at a disadvantage. If their parents do not speak English then they are not being read to in English - and this is proven to improve education outcomes.

Kids born here do at least start school at 5 and therefore are getting an entire elementary education in English.

Unfortunately other students are dropped into the system at a later age with little formal education in their native country or language. It is a tough road for them and their schools/teachers.

Some FCPS pyramids are being crushed by this burden and many posters on this board don't seem to understand the connection to our current immigration system. Now that the School Board is actually talking about doing what they have been saying (with One Fairfax) everyone is freaking that their boundaries might change and they might either be sent to one of these pyramids or might have to absorb students from these pyramids.

None of this is racist, just factual. Drop some poor English speaking white kids into El Salvador with little formal education and the results would be similar.
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My point was that most of them are U.S. citizens so the poster who wants to deport them is way off base. They aren't going anywhere. They were born here and have just as much right to an education as everyone else's kids. I am an ESOL teacher in another district and if I tested our incoming kindergarten class (native English speakers included), I would estimate that a good 75% of them would qualify for ESOL services. The native English speakers have more in common with my ESOL students than native English speakers in wealthy areas. They live similar lifestyles- no outside of school enrichment, lots and lots of screen time (nothing academic though), little to no time spent being read to, high expectations that the school will teach them everything they need to know, etc.[/quote]

Not sure, in this thread, that anyone said to deport them, just stop importing more poor students (or poor people who will have children). The rate is outpacing the ability of FCPS to keep up. How many is enough?

And if they do keep coming, [b]the pyramids that don't usually share the burden should have to do so[/b].[/quote]

If people paid more to live in an area that isn't full of subsidized and cheap market-rate housing full of ESOL kids, why should their kids have to attend schools outside those communities?

Maybe you're the ones who need to stop electing politicians who don't insist on the enforcement of zoning laws in your neighborhoods. [/quote]

I do not vote for Democrats. But 64% of Fairfax County did vote for them in the last election. I actually believe they are mostly limousine liberals. They are voting one way and living another - they are not in the schools that are seeing the troubles.

Annandale - 15.4% White    (45% Hispanic)
Lee - 15.8% White    (43.7% Hispanic)
Falls Church - 18% White    (50% Hispanic)
Mount Vernon - 19% White    (44% Hispanic)
Justice - 22% White    (54.6% Hispanic)

Neither liberal or conservative white people are sending their kids to these schools. The way I see it, this mostly blue leaning county won't understand what is going on until they have to feel it in their schools. So if two-thirds of the county is going to vote for policies that support the importation of more poverty, then they should have to share it. Please convince your liberal friends and neighbors to stop voting blue.
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