There was an article on Saturday that said these kids would also be spending their first year focused on learning english, which is an excellant idea.
Who thought that one up? TJSwift Cherokee Park Protectorate --- List Manager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The StarTribune has an article in todays paper that > answered some of > the questions that I had about the soon to arrive > Hmong refugees. > > ================================================== > > 5,000 Hmong refugees expected > http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4804835.html > Matt Mckinney, Star Tribune > June 1, 2004HMONG0601 > > "In the St. Paul School District, a task force has > looked for places > to put the children. The district has 50 elementary > schools, nine > middle schools and seven senior high schools, plus > one K-12 school. > The district had 42,510 students last year. > > The school district plans to keep the students > together in a few > schools rather than spread them around the district, > a strategy that > district official Maria Lem said would help the > students in the first > few months after their arrival. Siblings, > especially, will be grouped > into the same school to make it easier for their > parents." > > ================================================== > > > -- > Tim Erickson > List Manager > St. Paul Issues Forum > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > Hamline Midway Resident > 651-643-0722 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > St. Paul Links - > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/links.html > > "The St. Paul Issues Forum is a interactive e-mail > discussion on > important issues about St. Paul public policy. > Participation is free > and open to anyone. We currently have about 350 > concerned citizens > and community leaders subscribed to our discussion." > _____________________________________________ > NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your > password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
