http://albanytoday.org/2008/01/10/albany-school-district-strengthens-screening-of-%e2%80%9cillegal-students%e2%80%9d/ News and stories on people in Albany, CA Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:03:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://albanytoday.org/2008/01/10/albany-school-district-strengthens-screening-of-%e2%80%9cillegal-students%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Rocketforge » Choice in Education as a Civil Rights Issue Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:48 +0000 http://albanytoday.org/2008/01/10/albany-school-district-strengthens-screening-of-%e2%80%9cillegal-students%e2%80%9d/#comment-120 [...] financial controls as opposed to dogs and clubs. The government is now aggressively prosecuting parents for trying to put their kids into a good school. What kind of insanity makes that a [...] [...] financial controls as opposed to dogs and clubs. The government is now aggressively prosecuting parents for trying to put their kids into a good school. What kind of insanity makes that a [...]

]]> http://albanytoday.org/2008/01/10/albany-school-district-strengthens-screening-of-%e2%80%9cillegal-students%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Commentary:”Demand for admission to AUSD always exceeds capacity” « Albany Today Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:22:58 +0000 http://albanytoday.org/2008/01/10/albany-school-district-strengthens-screening-of-%e2%80%9cillegal-students%e2%80%9d/#comment-119 [...] exceeds capacity” Albany resident Ross Stapleton-Gray posted a commentary  on the residence-checking and overcrowding issues of the Albany school [...] [...] exceeds capacity” Albany resident Ross Stapleton-Gray posted a commentary  on the residence-checking and overcrowding issues of the Albany school [...]

]]> http://albanytoday.org/2008/01/10/albany-school-district-strengthens-screening-of-%e2%80%9cillegal-students%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Commentary: “Building a wall with barbed wire along the Albany border is not the answer” « Albany Today Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:13:40 +0000 http://albanytoday.org/2008/01/10/albany-school-district-strengthens-screening-of-%e2%80%9cillegal-students%e2%80%9d/#comment-118 [...] Commentary: “Building a wall with barbed wire along the Albany border is not the answer” Albany resident Peter Lincroft wrote a commentary on the residence checking story: [...] [...] Commentary: “Building a wall with barbed wire along the Albany border is not the answer” Albany resident Peter Lincroft wrote a commentary on the residence checking story: [...]

]]> http://albanytoday.org/2008/01/10/albany-school-district-strengthens-screening-of-%e2%80%9cillegal-students%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Commentary: “There is no illegal children, students or people” « Albany Today Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:40:22 +0000 http://albanytoday.org/2008/01/10/albany-school-district-strengthens-screening-of-%e2%80%9cillegal-students%e2%80%9d/#comment-117 [...] students or people” Albany School Board Member Miriam Walden wrote a commentary on the Albany school district strengthens screening of “illegal students” story [...] [...] students or people” Albany School Board Member Miriam Walden wrote a commentary on the Albany school district strengthens screening of “illegal students” story [...]

]]> http://albanytoday.org/2008/01/10/albany-school-district-strengthens-screening-of-%e2%80%9cillegal-students%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Miriam Walden Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:11:50 +0000 http://albanytoday.org/2008/01/10/albany-school-district-strengthens-screening-of-%e2%80%9cillegal-students%e2%80%9d/#comment-116 Thank you for putting "" around the word "illegal" -- and please consider not using the word at all. There are no illegal children, students or people. They all belong here on our planet. They all have a right to learn. The issue is only one of residency documentation -- an artificial problem that is caused by our immoral system of state funding for education, not by parents or students on their own. For a full description of my concerns about this issue and my response to the "overcrowding" complaints, please see my blog at www.miriamwalden.blogspot.com. Yours, Miriam Thank you for putting “” around the word “illegal” — and please consider not using the word at all. There are no illegal children, students or people. They all belong here on our planet. They all have a right to learn. The issue is only one of residency documentation — an artificial problem that is caused by our immoral system of state funding for education, not by parents or students on their own. For a full description of my concerns about this issue and my response to the “overcrowding” complaints, please see my blog at http://www.miriamwalden.blogspot.com. Yours, Miriam

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