Question:
Hre in Maryland, Montgomery Co. is known as the Peoples Socialist Gathering of
Maryland. They have a "nuclear free zone"....like who would put nuclear weapons
there...? Or maybe a nuclear power plant...? Bunch of morons...!
And they won't report illegal aliens even though Maryland law requires it. And
they now state it openly. And Democrats wonder why they keep losing
elections...?
Schools will not report illegals
By Sean Salai and Matthew Cella
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Montgomery County public school officials said yesterday they will not report
to federal authorities illegal immigrants whom they discover in a new residency
verification effort.
Such information "is part of students' confidential records, and we have no
intention of sharing the information with any law-enforcement authority, be it
local, state or national," said Brian J. Porter, spokesman for school
Superintendent Jerry D. Weast. "The only access would come through a
court-ordered subpoena, and I don't foresee that happening."
Mr. Porter said the school system is interested only in the students'
residency, not their immigration status, because only county residents —
citizens and illegal aliens alike — pay the local taxes that support the
schools.
The Washington Times yesterday reported that school officials said as many
as 20 percent — or about 2,000 — of the county's 11,000 eighth-graders
whose parents missed a Friday deadline to prove their residency will not be
allowed to attend high school next year.
School officials in March began to require parents to submit documents such
as lease agreements, property-tax bills, utility bills and credit-card bills to
prove their residency to stop border crossers from illegally receiving free
tuition, about $10,000 per student a year.
Several school administrators told The Times that some families were not
complying with the residency check for fear of being deported.
"We want parents to know that this information is being collected for
school system use only," Mr. Porter said. "Our only interest is their bona fide
residency in Montgomery County, not their U.S. citizenship."
Nonetheless, the principal of Parkland Middle School in Rockville — one
of the county's most diverse schools — said yesterday that parents in the
southern part of the county who have not provided proof of residence still
might be worried about their immigration status being revealed.
"Parkland, along with a number of downcounty schools, are impacted
disproportionately because we are often the 'first stop' for immigrants,"
Principal Carlos Hamlin said. "I know that the [high] schools in Wheaton —
Kennedy, Blair and Einstein — have the highest populations of students who
speak English as a second language."
Mr. Hamlin said 75 percent — or about 293 — of his school's 391
eighth-graders had provided proof of residence. Of Parkland's 1,191 students,
51.5 percent are Hispanic, 26 percent are black, 13.1 percent are white and 9.2
percent are Asian, and 8.4 percent take English as a second language (ESL)
courses, according to county schools' statistics.
Mary Beth Waits, principal of Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School in Silver
Spring, yesterday said that parents of some of her school's students are
illegal immigrants.
"There's a significant number of people without papers who are trying to
fly under the radar," Ms. Waits said. "They're afraid of being deported. But
whether or not they're here with the permission of the United States government
is not our concern. The public schools are a safe haven."
As of Friday, 46.6 percent of E. Brooke Lee's 221 eighth-graders still had
not proved their residency — the highest level of noncompliance The Times
found in a survey of the county's 36 middle schools yesterday.
Ms. Waits said, 38 percent of her eighth-graders are black, 12.2 percent
are Asian, 17.6 percent are white and 31.6 percent are Hispanic. Nearly 11
percent take ESL classes, according to schools' statistics.
Ms. Waits said school officials routinely ignore the immigration status of
parents to "build trust" with them.
"For example, I had a student this year whose father came in and said, 'I'm
not a legal citizen, but I'm working to qualify,' " she said. "He's trying to
work with me to help his kid, and I'm going to say, 'I'm going to report you?'
Come on."
Most school administrators whom The Times contacted yesterday could not
estimate how many of their students are illegal immigrants, but some said a
fear of deportation among some parents could be hampering their residency
compliance.
"It very well could be a concern of some of our parents," said Carol M.
Dahlberg, principal of White Oak Middle School in Silver Spring. "There are
also translation and illiteracy issues."
Mrs. Dahlberg said 32.3 percent of her 330 eighth-graders are white, 30.3
percent are black, 15.2 percent are Asian, and 21.6 percent are Hispanic. About
8 percent take ESL courses, according to schools' statistics.
As of Friday's deadline, 75 percent of White Oak's eighth-graders had
complied with the residency check.
School officials said they intend to stretch Friday's deadline as much as
possible, even after the current school year ends on June 15.
"We're going to whittle that number [2,000] down before the fall," Mr.
Porter said. "This process has never before been attempted in the county or in
the state of Maryland. It's going to take awhile to work out all the kinks."
Answer:
Montgomery county, one of the 5 richest counties in the country is
"socialist".
I don't know how old you are Gajr, but back in the 50's and 60's when I was
growing up in Howard County, Md (next door) DOD was putting missiles in all
through the area to defend DC amd Baltimore. Some of them were nukes.
In fact, some of the old, decommissioned minuteman sites have been turned
into community centers!!! I've been to some swinging events in the Nike
center in Harford County :>).
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