Every year, the school board whines about needing more money. They are the only agency that is expected to receive a certain amount of money from the Council, regardless if they need it or not. Not even the Police Department or the fire Department has such a deal. Yet, even with getting over half of the general funds, the school board complains about the lack of funds.

The recent ruling of the Supreme Court regarding ESl classes in Arizona makes it clear a district does not necessarily have to educate ESL students at a higher cost.
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/articles/2009/06/30/news/doc4a4a4e91d9efb522199265.txt

Has any of the school board members bothered to look into this?

What needs to happen is to get rid of the elected school board and return tot he appointed school board by the City Council, that will give us more oversight of how much money is spent by the school system.

I think it is disingenuous to accuse the school board of fiscal irresponsibility. They are more conservative than many give them credit for. Wunderly is a clear moral conservative and in my opinion there may only be one social agenda liberal among them. As far as finances, Albrecht is the fiscal conservative of the Board, and most appear willing to listen. Their spending spree is more due to the students they must educate and the expensive programs like “special” ed and ESL that the Federal gov’t says they must provide.

Our gripe should be with the Federal legislate and let the localities pay form of governance.

It’s not a blame game. It called fiscal responsibility, which it seems members of the school board do not have. It’s easy to spend money that does not belong to you.

Karla,

The new 287(g) agreement requires all public comments about the program be coordinated through ICE.

It looks (sounds like) much of the bite that the 287g program had in the past has been taken away. It sounds like only crimes like murder, rape, robbery will require ICE intervention after sentences are completed (immigration retainer.) What happens to the local illegal alien drunk who is arrested? Is he put back in the community after paying a fine or having his case dismissed?
Another PAPER TIGER!

Note to self: When the Tribulation begins, stay as far away from BRUU as possible. Pillars of salt anyone?

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS39829+14-Oct-2009+PRN20091014

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/55496

Could you please shed some light on a lingering question? Why on earth does the City Council (a council for which I have universal admiration) have an attorney, Mr. Crim, who contributes significant money to a horrible (my opinion of course) candidate for delegate who lives in Manassas Park to represent us in Richmond, over an adequate Delegate who lives here in the City of Manassas?

I would hate to lose our State Delegate who lives in my city to one who lives Manassas Park.

Bottom line: City Council and the Police are sensitive to free speech issues, even free speech you may not like.

The new 287(g) agreement requires all public comments about the program be coordinated through ICE. In a manner of speaking it is correct to say that county government won’t be able to provide statistics without authorization from ICE, but they have in the past been eager to show how effective the program is. Usually bureaucrats are pretty happy to show how much work they’re getting done.

We’ll see how the new administration feels about releasing performance statistics about how effectively our public agencies are performing. I’d be surprised if they issue a gag order, and won’t approve any statistics releases.

I do not worship The Nanny State. And I also have no party lines. Because both parties suck. Both tax and spend. Both inflate the national debt and deflate my money. Bush, the “conservative”, doubled our debt. Hardly conservative. And he welcomed a foreign invasion. Not what I’d call “national defense”. McCain was simply “Bush junior”. And Obama is worse. Far, far worse.

I’m not saying you are wrong, Robert. I’m saying that while our government (either party) is fomenting discord between Republican voters and Democrat voters, they are drawing attention away from the real problem… themselves!

Both parties get special health plans, and pensions. Will you get a pension?

Both parties are filled with corruption. Chuck Rangel cannot even follow the laws he himself wrote. Both parties are a joke.

Is this true? Are we to be denied this information from people we pay by people we pay.

I hope this is false…