Re: quick help needed in VA

[George Sheridan <gsheridan@BOMUSD.EDCOE.K12.CA.US>]

If a student comes to Virginia from another country, where he may be very
successful in math or science (and remember--all those other countries have
math and science curricula that are so much more rigorous than ours), this
bill would prohibit him from continuing his studies in his native language.

There will be no evidence cited that this is the way to help students learn
math, science or English. But this bill is not about meeting the needs of
immigrant students. In its intent to preserve America's linguistic purity,
it springs from the same world view that spawned anti-miscegenation
statutes and racially restrictive covenants for housing.

At 11:29 PM 1/31/2001 -0500, Mickey VanDerwerker wrote:
> Programs for limited English proficiency students. Prohibits school boards,
> when designing programs to promote the education of children with limited
> English proficiency and to enhance achievement through a proven instructional
> method, from operating bilingual programs or English as a Second Language
> courses that are content oriented and conducted in a language other than
> English. This bill requires the school boards to implement English-immersion
> programs exclusively. This provision must not, however, be construed to
> prohibit or restrict school boards in using bilingual teachers or other
> bilingual personnel and volunteers in communicating with limited English
> proficiency students and their families in their native or first language.

George Sheridan
Northside School
Cool, California 95614

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