The SAUSD confirms the hiring of Meléndez de Santa Ana as their Superintendent

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• In this country and in this state we have constitution to treat all children the same. What you are asking TMARE is that ONLY one district should be provided the resources that would allow a duel language program. So what about the rest of the school districts? Just because they don't have a large illegal immigrant population they don't have the luxury of a second language education? REALLY?

  I too have traveled this world and in NONE of the countries that I have been too had a language programs that targets one specific population!

  So you ask use to pay for the children of illegal immigrants to have the luxury of an education that is specific to an education to learn two languages...And the rest of us are just trying to avoid sending our kids to a school with a large minority of hispanics who bring down the quality of the education system due to the fact that they don't give a shite!!!! Ok do you see the problem?

• tmare,

  So we see that Quinn's hidden agenda really is anti Hispanic. Not interested in solutions for issues like English learners who are USA citizens and require a out of the box approach in order to keep our Country strong. He/she will use divisive hot issues against a population in order to incite ......race hate propaganda.

  Quinn was civil towards you when you where supporting her negative Hispanic points which we do not disagree with. When you and others offer a solutions she changes her civility, well because a solution develops and elevates that Hispanic community she seeks to harm.

• I am not asking for dual immersion for one ethnic population. Dual immersion is great for ALL kids and it is sorely lacking in our country. What I am saying is that Santa Ana has the resources to provide this for students who want it and many who want it would come from outside of the district to get it. This combined with not tolerating criminal behavior on the part of kids (kick them to the county schools) would go a long way towards PR for the district. It wouldn't really require any additional funding, if you take a look at El Sol, they are doing it well without additional funding. My children are receiving a fantastic education and they are English Only speakers. It is not the students that make this feasible for the district, it is the staff. I say capitalize on your strengths.

• No, it's not anti-hispanic, its anti-discrimation. It is anti-perference! The fact that the voters voted on prop 127. for English emersion and that the department of education allows this complete law evasion is ridiculous. You said Tmare that you have traveled the world and that many countries have duel language schools...WHERE? Prop 127 was designed to get the kids up to speed with their english within two years, then use that to continue basic math and written english which is totally attainable if the school districts would follow the law. I believe very strongly that English emersion is the best approach and that like many countries including Ireland learning a second language as an enrichment course. I believe if the parents are made to be responsible for their children education by making them accountable and yes, taking criminals out of the school system....Why do the taxpayers need to pay for a school police force because the district allows criminals into the system??? LIke, I said this districts only cares about bodies.

  And doc those HOT issues are the reason why kids become criminals and why kids take a block of concrete and hit a 14 year old boy over the head to kill him!

  What you have is a population that have been entitled to every thing including the costly duel language program to cater to a population that is out of control because they are not responsible for anything or to anyone!

  I have solutions: Cut welfare, remove gang members from the school and make parents accountable for their own children. Fortunately most latina's do well in this country, it's the Mexican illegal immigrant and their children that have become a massive burden and I agree we can't ship them home, but we can surly make it known that we will not treat them or their children better than the rest of the population for any reason. If you are asking me if I am anti hispanic I would say why would I be? if you ask me if I have a problem with Mexican illegal immigrants especially in California, I would state " absolutely". I have nothing to hide, I have seen enough to know that this population of immigrants have become a real burden, especially to Americans who try to send their children to their local school that has become a school over run by gangs, drugs and parents who treat the public school system as a day care center. The truth is the truth and if it offends you Dr. L because you happen to be Mexican American, well, tough!

• Quinn,

  You don't offend me or the rest that want a solution. We will work hard through a educational plan like Dr. de Santa Ana proposes in order to correct the educational issues within our communities which will then correct the other culture and poverty that contribute to all our concerns that you mention and we acknowledge.

  Because I as you say am a "Mexican American" it is more important for me and others with a similar background to take the lead in elevating our communities to prosperity. DO YOU AGREE?

• And bye the way, I think Tmare is an intelligent woman whom I am able to have a debate with her without the silly racist, anti hispanic bull that is the usual attack rhetoric of people who try to ram the usual propaganda of the Mexican activist....See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil of the people's revolution! Blah, Blah,

  Like Mrs Santa Ana and her picture of Cezar C. The celebrity hispanic who in truth was the first Mexican American minute man who tried to stop illegal immigrants from taking American jobs and when he failed, he switched base to appease for political gain...Instead of having a picture up of a person of integrity, she chooses to have a picture up of a person who ended up betraying his Mexican American worker.

• let's see the educational plan and go from there!

  • Michelle, I wish I could talk to you. You speak the truth.

• Quinn,

  Please get off your irrelevant rants and join us in the solution, if you are serious.

• Michelle Quinn says:

  July 21, 2011 at 11:30 am

  let’s see the educational plan and go from there!

  THANK YOU I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT.

• Dual immersion programs are not widely available in Santa Ana or in any other city. The cities that do have them provide dual immersion in Spanish, French and Chinese. It doesn't matter what the language is although Santa Ana has the staff to do it in Spanish. The dual immersion teachers don't make any more money than the regular teachers. The point is that the students in those programs far exceed the English immersion students academically in ENGLISH. The program works and the kids eventually end up scoring better than English Only kids. An "enrichment" only program does not lead to literacy in the second language, it only leads to kids who know a few phrases and vocabulary words, it is not second language fluency. The research is very clear that kids who speak, read and write in two languages are far better off academically in English. Check out El Sol's scores, most of their students are low income Hispanic kids and their math scores rival any Irvine school.