Aptos High grad seeks seat on P.V. school board: Francisco Diaz has...

Do immigration sweeps and send the illegal alien parents home to their countries. This will make tons of room in our schools, not to mention relieve us of paying for their unpaid medical bills, foreclosed loans, property damage from hit and run accidents, and jailing costs.

This will relieve the pressure on students that are children of legitimate citizens.

A degree in political science, wanting to represent students, looking for a job as a law clerk, deciding against working in politics outside the area and coming back home to help his community, moving from one district to another to run for office...sounds like this guy borrowed the political play book of community activist Luis Alejo.

Go Leslie De Rose!

I think Diaz should wait and run in 2012 or 2014. Perhaps by then he'll know which district he resides in.

Improve Schools wrote:

Do immigration sweeps and send the illegal alien parents home to their countries. This will make tons of room in our schools, not to mention relieve us of paying for their unpaid medical bills, foreclosed loans, property damage from hit and run accidents, and jailing costs.
This will relieve the pressure on students that are children of legitimate citizens.

You have to realize that the school isn't the most responsible person for student failure. Most of the problem lies with the parents of the students. My kids went to school in PVUSD and did very well. I was an involved parent with their education and expected my kids to do well. When a parent is involved and can discuss daily what is going on in their children's education and homework, the kids excel. When you don't learn the language and don't assimilate and don't fulfill a parents responsibilities then your kids fail. I see kids in elementary school walk by my house talking and I'm shocked by their language. I guess their parents talk that way at home. Don't blame the schools. A turnip can't be changed into a banana. It is what it is.

American schools are funded by tax dollars from LEGAL citizens. These schools are for the Legal children!! Illegal children should not be allowed to attend these schools because their ILLEGAL parents did not contribute to the tax base!!!!
Until the ILLEGALS are held accountable for breaking the existing laws, this travesty and burden on the LEGAL taxpayers will continue to escallate and further drain the LEGAL taxpayers!!!
Not to mention that ILLEGALS are teaching their children that it is OK to break the law!!

Illegal aliens can be paid up to 18 years in welfare checks for the anchor child in a child-only Cal-WORKS case, while federal regulation allows a five year maximum for children of law abiding citizens.

Estimates: Approximately one-third of illegal aliens collect some form of welfare. Women Infants and Children program increased 25% from ‘96-‘02. California has 12% of the nation's population but 32% of the welfare recipients.

The young man is in the only trustee area in this Millennium to be served by a Latino. That ended in 2002. The district could use a Latino on the board for obvious reasons.

As for the current trustee, she thumbs her nose at her local schools (two of which are among the 1,000 of California's "worst") by quietly sending her kids to Aptos schools. Leslie DeRose should hang it up. She's been a disaster for the school district.

"up-up and uppity"

PV TEACHER and PARENT wrote:

PLEASE RUN AGAINST LESLIE DEROSE! SO MANY PEOPLE WILL HELP YOU!!!!

Change is always a good thing. You will have a ton of support to defeat DeRose. Redirecting resources to the classrooms and students is exactly what needs to happen!
Keep your focus there. You will do well. This is what parents want!

uppity wrote:

The young man is in the only trustee area in this Millennium to be served by a Latino. That ended in 2002. The district could use a Latino on the board for obvious reasons.
As for the current trustee, she thumbs her nose at her local schools (two of which are among the 1,000 of California's "worst") by quietly sending her kids to Aptos schools. Leslie DeRose should hang it up. She's been a disaster for the school district.
"up-up and uppity"

You could have had a Latina named Geri Solano-Simmons. But you worked against her.
You could have had a Latino named Anastacio Andrade. But you worked against him.
You could have had a Latino named David Mares. But you worked against him.

Go figure.

Roberto Garcia sent his kids to Aptos schools too, as did Sandra Nichols.

Francisco seems like a good candidate. Young, but motivated. I think we need candidates that have personal experience attending schools in our district. He can offer insights to our schools.

I support him. And I am happy that he will be running against Leslie.

PV TEACHER and PARENT wrote:

PLEASE RUN AGAINST LESLIE DEROSE! SO MANY PEOPLE WILL HELP YOU!!!!

...and so many more will oppose you.

uppity wrote:

The young man is in the only trustee area in this Millennium to be served by a Latino. That ended in 2002. The district could use a Latino on the board for obvious reasons.
As for the current trustee, she thumbs her nose at her local schools (two of which are among the 1,000 of California's "worst") by quietly sending her kids to Aptos schools. Leslie DeRose should hang it up. She's been a disaster for the school district.
"up-up and uppity"

No, it's not obvious why that district needs a Latino trustee. Are you advocating quotas? Sounds racist to me. And if the Latino trustee you're talking about is Roberto Garcia, I recall him having questionable residency and other problems. Not a great example. As for De Rose "sending her kids to Aptos schools" - what's the crime in that? Aptos is in our school district isn't it, and how do you know DeRose doesn't live within its school boundaries? Your post sounds like something churned out by Nichols or the teacher union.

interesting wrote:

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You could have had a Latina named Geri Solano-Simmons. But you worked against her.
You could have had a Latino named Anastacio Andrade. But you worked against him.
You could have had a Latino named David Mares. But you worked against him.
Go figure.
Roberto Garcia sent his kids to Aptos schools too, as did Sandra Nichols.

Great points, and of course the reason they weren't supported by the union activists is that none of those candidates were lefties like them. At a Nichols campaign rally one of her supporters referred to her opponent Anastacio Andrade as a "Tio Taco" (i.e. Uncle Tom). I decided then and there to support Andrade if that's the type of people attracted by Nichols. Too bad he didn't win. He was a good man.

I am glad the public is catching on to what his happening. De Rose is a disaster. A non-listener with a bad attitude and a mind made up by others, always in advance.
Save the students and change this board at this next opportunity. Just go to a meeting and see this current mess. Change this board.

uppity wrote:

The young man is in the only trustee area in this Millennium to be served by a Latino. That ended in 2002. The district could use a Latino on the board for obvious reasons.
As for the current trustee, she thumbs her nose at her local schools (two of which are among the 1,000 of California's "worst") by quietly sending her kids to Aptos schools. Leslie DeRose should hang it up. She's been a disaster for the school district.
"up-up and uppity"

sweetcakes wrote:

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You have to realize that the school isn't the most responsible person for student failure. Most of the problem lies with the parents of the students. My kids went to school in PVUSD and did very well. I was an involved parent with their education and expected my kids to do well. When a parent is involved and can discuss daily what is going on in their children's education and homework, the kids excel. When you don't learn the language and don't assimilate and don't fulfill a parents responsibilities then your kids fail. I see kids in elementary school walk by my house talking and I'm shocked by their language. I guess their parents talk that way at home. Don't blame the schools. A turnip can't be changed into a banana. It is what it is.

it's true what you are saying.
some people just pump another kid and don't even care to imagen their future.
too many people are so unrealistic when it came to having kids they can't afford with good education meaning being there for them in solid marriages as well as having the right income to cope with their kids grow.
what we need in school is zero tolerance for bad language as well as bad behavior. parents need to be accountable all the time.
after all they are the ones bringing these kids into society the least they can do is to be responsible parents.
and when a parent is a repeated irresponsible offender report him/her.

what the school need is people latinos and non latinos who have the capacity to help and guide the students.
is't so much what color the person is but what capacity he/she has to do the job right.

Stuck with a De Rose-Aster!
Attack on the public schools and blame the teachers. Who really is being represented here? Who is it?

Stick with De Rose wrote:

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No, it's not obvious why that district needs a Latino trustee. Are you advocating quotas? Sounds racist to me. And if the Latino trustee you're talking about is Roberto Garcia, I recall him having questionable residency and other problems. Not a great example. As for De Rose "sending her kids to Aptos schools" - what's the crime in that? Aptos is in our school district isn't it, and how do you know DeRose doesn't live within its school boundaries? Your post sounds like something churned out by Nichols or the teacher union.

Mrs Ed Wise wrote:

Stuck with a De Rose-Aster!
Attack on the public schools and blame the teachers. Who really is being represented here? Who is it?
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I believe Leslie De Rose represents me and the vast majority of school district residents who want trustees focused on bedrock basics like student achievement, and not not merely pushing teacher union agenda and perks like Nichols, Osmundsen and whatever other union stooges they try to pack the board with this year.

Can anyone define what the Union agenda is or the perks we received last school year. We managed to get binding arbirtration, which costs nothing so long as the school district honors their contract. We also managed to get teachers, nurses, counselors rehired after being unfairly laid off. Isn't this what police, firefighters and other Unions work towards??? They never get attacked for representing their membership or their interests. Isn't that special interests at work? The largest, most powerful union in Calfiornia is not the California Federation of Teachers nor the California Teachers Association (yes there are two different groups in the state). Prison guards, peace officers have way more political power in CA which is why we have state of the art prisons and we have poorly funded schools. The cost of providing for a state prisoner is 5-6 times that of a student in CA.