they voted and decided that their school would help them make a difference for the immigrant people in a positive way using school busses to get to downtown houston to join the rally..they are helping.. and that is by puting their education first.
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Of course schools support the plight of illegal immigrants...The LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District) just passed a resolution (which basically means they are picking a side) that states that they are on the side of the illegal immigrants...Why would schools have an interest? Are they big and kind hearted? NNNNOOOOOOOO!\n\nThey get big time $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for every illegal in their schools, but they know they don't have to spend much money on them, because they don't complain when they aren't given books for at least half of their classes and learn squat....these schools have a great incentive to increase population illegal or legal. DUHH!
672991
We are nearing an election.\nImmigration is this elections big poster child.\nWe've already done taxes, the trade deficit, and the war on terror.\nWe needed a new issue, and we're not really ready to make abortion or gay marriage our campaign message, but we sure can get a lot of support from folks who vote if we blame all our nations problems on immigrants and say that we have a solution to the immigration issue. As in "there would be more resources for Americans if the immigrants weren't sucking up all of the funding by sending their brats to school and going to the hospital without insurance when they are sick or injured, we're gonna build a bigger fence, and send 'em back!". WOOOOH! Look at everybody regurgitating that rhetoric now, baby! Voter turnout will be high! Those campaign dollars will be flying in! Jump on the bandwagon kids!
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They are putting their kids in the lottery to hopefully get their kids a decent education.\n\nShall we tell the rest of the story or will that not fit your biased bullsh*t agenda.\n\nWhat the hell, you had your tenure so now its mine - except mine will be the truth.\n\nBush has spent more on education that any other President in history - Reference the Congressional record if you doubt.\n\nWhat schools all over the nation have done is put themselves in a system which does not allow for accountability, prohibits terminations of its worst teacher via the teachers union and refuses to all competition with schools in the private sector.\n\nLets see - "competition among drug companies is good for getting the best for your money" is what democrats say in the health care argument - why doesn't that argument work in education.  \n\n2 reasons - Kids don't vote and Dims love scaring the sh*t out of old people with threats of losing there medicare.
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Okay, as far as each group being able to have its own board members, okay.\n\nIt's better than bussing children miles away to school, when there is one down the block from them.\n\nIt would be a good idea if there is a lot of racially motivated fights in a particular school.\n\nBUT--isn't this taking a step backward?  Isn't it telling our children that they are all "different," instead of instilling the information that "we are all the same?"\n\nCould it make racial relations in the future even worse?\n\nThere's a lot to think about here.  The most important being our children and our world.
571309
They have a good chance to pass. They have improve from time to time.
201394
there are illegal immigrants,legal immigrants and hispanics that were born here protesting. so you can't assume that the protesters are illegal.
663984
We currently have a dysfunctional school board that spends all of its time arguing with and dissing other members of the board.  Last fall, a major school bond issue failed, because voters have no trust in the board.  We have recently gotten a new superintendent and I hope that he will be able to turn things around.
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I think overcrowded and underfunded schools and stretched to the point of breaking and prohibitively expensive health systems are important.\n\nLegal immigrants are budgeted for.  We are a country of LEGAL immigrants.  Illegal immigrants weren't allowed here for a reason.\n\nIllegal immigration is giving them a better life at the expense of a better life for our children.
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3 words, 'pro hispanic lobbyists'. That's why. And yes, they've got lots of money, AND the sympathy vote, AND lots of new prospective voters that have only been in the country for a week or two and are doing their level best to remain invisibile. The next 2 years will determine whether we retain our independence from mexico, or not. Bush is a sellout on this one....
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I think most of the kids don't have a clue what they are rioting about, I mean protesting...\n\nThe protest is about ILLEGAL people coming over here ILLEGALLY and demanding free services from the Legal people here in the USA.\n\nIf you don't get the point, they are here ILLEGALLY.  They broke the LAW to get here and reside here ILLEGALLY.\nThey have NO business here.\nThe reason they are having to debate this in the first place is the fact that if we don't, our entire Social Security Program to support the elderly will fail because they are getting from it.  Our medical system will fail because they are getting free services.  \n\nThe kids that I have been told about and have witnessed here in TX have come to complete anarchy!  They are not protecting, they are RIOTING!\n\nI for one am glad they are.  It shows that they have no wants and desire for law and that the illegal people should be taken back to the border and sent home.  Then they can apply for citizanship or a green card like every other Legal immigrant does...\n\nThis kind of thing Pisses off the Legal immigrants to no end.  They worked hard and paid a lot to get here.. why should Illegals come over and get a free pass?\n\nI suggest they go back to Mexico and protect to President Foxx about how the mexican government should be taking better care of it's citizans.....
70892
I'm glad that for once they spoke up and protested. Now I wish they would put that same effort into learning english and educating themselves and achieving the so called american dream.
513908
it the only way for the pour people in this country to get in school\nbut we can pray for them and the people that take advantage of them[[.only the pour die young.]]
308227
I totally agree with you!!  That is exactly what my husband, son, and I did just a week before the war started--we held a Support Rally for the Troops, at out State Capital.  It was neither for, nor against the war--rather to tell the men and women about to answer their calls to duty that we were here to stand behind them and support them.  There had been so many protests on TV, high school walk-outs, teens burning books, and other such atrocities.  We just wanted to let our troops, and their families, know that we were proud and grateful that they were serving our country and protecting our freedom to express our own beliefs.  Ironically, to include the kids who's rights to free education that were being protected, as they were walking out.
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Most of those kids have NO CLUE as to the reason they are walking out of school.   They simply desire to get out of as many classes as possible.   \n\nAlso, it was noted by many teachers on Friday that the kids that left school were the ones who had the lowest grades!!\n\nTHEY DON"T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING!!
103873
Go Hispanics!!!!!!!!! I support this, I am white and what?? All my friends are Hispanics and they are not trash or alliens or drug addicts or anything they say about them. I wish I could be at the Protest to help out!!! We shoould start one here in Chicago!! We support immigrants
358322
the immigration boycott. I say there will be many rallying, gather them up and ship them back from where they came from.
335661
Maybe it is so they will have a broad, well rounded education with information of the world and the work that the politician does.  Maybe it is to make international connection that otherwise they could not make.