The IRS specifically says that ITINs should NOT be used for identification, because they don’t require much documentation.

Not exactly.

States and localities are NOT preempted by federal law in the areas of licensing and similar laws (1324 a.h.2). Any locality can use these tools for controlling illegal business activities if it wishes.

Also, true, foreign nationals are allowed to purchase property (else foreign companies couldn’t own any business prperties). Illegal aliens, however, who are NOT under the category of foreign nationals, are NOT entitled to use the instruments of buying property, such as loans and mortgages, are are NOT entitlted to ITINs.

The politicians may be fuzzy on the laws, but you have to brush up, too.

Perhaps I’m not making myself clear or we just have a disconnect, I’m not addressing the grade scale itself but rather the manner in which grades are assigned to tests and quizes. Call me old-fashioned but it is my belief that if you answer all the questions on exam designed to your knowledge of a subject you deserve an “A”. If you can only get a “C” for 100% proficiency as measured by the test and can only achieve a higher grade by creatively adding to the exam then the system is either setting the bar to low with the exam or teaching to the lowest common denominator, neither of which is acceptable. I don’t particularly care how disparate letter grades affect the relative self-esteem of various students, I just want them to be able to read, write and survive without a calculator. It’s hardly a ground-breaking premise that declining standardized test are likely a result of less emphasis on the basics.

BTW, several teachers have placed the onus of this new grading policy squarely on Walts.

I do however agree that the grading systems need to consistent.

Mom

I was just following your instructions. That is not my true feeling. I don’t hate anyone. I dislike a lot of the things I am seeing in the county and the city and would like to see the illegals pack it up and leave but I do not hate them.

Did you happen to catch Lou Dobbs tonite. He ran a clip of Vincinte Fox on Larry King. A caller asked Fox why U.S. citiziens are paying the medical bills for the illegals from Mexico. He said U.S. citizens are not paying the bills. I guess Mexico is reimburshing all the hospital emergency rooms in the country only we don’t know about it.

The grading system in third grade is the same as it was under Ed Kelly. I am not chosing sides on superintendants but why single out Walts? The real problem is that the grading system needs to be consistent with the high school grading system. Grades 3-7 use the 4 point system which allows students go get way too many zeroes. When the students hit the real grading system, they have many years of the bullets (zeroes) not being real.

Anonymous of 8:38-a free vacation! wow!
Muérdame

Mom

Of course students learn to spell and take spelling tests. The grading system has not changed in years and it is the same one that was used under Dr. Ed Kelly. I called spelling words to the first grader last night. He has a spelling test on Friday. Perhaps the issue is with one particular teacher. Put away the broad brush.

If you misrepresent information that is so easily verifiable, why should anyone give you any credence as to who to vote for in an election? I think I will vote for Sharon Pandak just because you implied something was wrong with her.

No, but I’ve seen Mexicans With Boarders.

You obviously don’t pay much attention to land use applications before the board. I challenge you to find a magisterial district that hasn’t had multiple applications for residential rezonings or infill development over the past few years. When combined with school boundary adjustments designed to ease some of the overcrowding, land use decisions can have a ripple effect on seemingly unaffected areas of the county. Stonewall Jackson H.S. is a case in point, it has gone from overcrowded to under capacity and is now an option for those who don’t want to attend the overcrowded Brentsville High School. Can’t wait to see the boundary adjustments or trailer additions that will occur this summer to make up for the growth in Battlefield’s student population. Explanation enough?

Mom

How wrong you are! There are area’s of prince william county that have not had any new construction, yet the schools are overcrowded. How do you explain that?

All I know is, the efforts of Help Save Manassas is pointing out a MAJOR problem in this area, and as a result, like it or not, the area is getting a bad reputation. People don’t want to move here.

Sometimes you have to go backwards to move forward!

All I know is, the efforts of Help Save Manassas is pointing out a MAJOR problem in this area, and as a result, like it or not, the area is getting a bad reputation. People don’t want to move here.

All our politicians are basically saying the same things — enforce the laws that we can.

As a matter of fact I did know the reason. Shouldn’t the Federal Government encourage El Salvador to rebuild? At what point can we send these folks home. Let them go do the jobs there that nobody wants to do.

Greg,

My customers are Builder who cannot understand why I don’t have more Hispanic employees. They believe Hispanic labor is cheaper. Skilled legal labor is all the same price regardless of race.

As a matter of fact I did know the reason. Shouldn’t the Federal Government encourage El Salvador to rebuild? At what point can we send these folks home. Let them go do the jobs there that nobody wants to do