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Kids kicked off a bus for speaking English


Imagine sending your kids off to school, but when they get to the bus
they are told they can't get on because they speak English.

That's right, English.

It happened to a few children in St. Paul and now the school district
is apologizing.

Rachel Armstrong sent her kids to pick up the bus as usual Monday, but
after the driver let the kids on, he told them he would not pick them
up again. He even said he wouldn't take them home that afternoon.

Armstrong left work early Tuesday, forced to pick up her kids from
Phalen Lake Elementary School.

Her twin girls, 10, and her son, 8, were kicked off their regular
school bus. They were told by the bus driver the route is for
non-English speaking students only.

"I was furious. I was at work and I was just mad." Armstrong said. "I
felt like we were being discriminated because we speak English. Just
because they speak English, they can't ride the school bus. I mean,
this is America, right?"

Administrators at St. Paul Public Schools admit the district made a
mistake when it stranded the kids at school Monday.

However, the district points out, that particular bus route serves one
of three language academies. The one at Phalen Lake is for Hmong
students learning English.

The academies all have separate bus routes to keep its students
together.

The district decided to enforce the separate routes beginning Monday,
but it did not tell the Armstrong family.

"It is our responsibility to ensure the safety of these kids and we
made a mistake. The kids should have gotten home that day," Dayna
Kennedy, a public relations representative said.

The district also discovered the Armstrongs no longer live in the
Phalen Lake School boundary because they moved last year.

So even though the district apologized, if they want to still go to
Phalen, they are going to have to get their own ride.

[url]http://kstptv5.com/article/stories/S21143.html?cat=1[/url]

In article <xn0f11na51eobyy002@news.readfreenews.net>,
"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
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> KSTP.com - 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS
>
> Kids kicked off a bus for speaking English
>
>
> Imagine sending your kids off to school, but when they get to the bus
> they are told they can't get on because they speak English.
>
> That's right, English.
>
> It happened to a few children in St. Paul and now the school district
> is apologizing.
>
> Rachel Armstrong sent her kids to pick up the bus as usual Monday, but
> after the driver let the kids on, he told them he would not pick them
> up again. He even said he wouldn't take them home that afternoon.
>
> Armstrong left work early Tuesday, forced to pick up her kids from
> Phalen Lake Elementary School.
>
> Her twin girls, 10, and her son, 8, were kicked off their regular
> school bus. They were told by the bus driver the route is for
> non-English speaking students only.
>
> "I was furious. I was at work and I was just mad." Armstrong said. "I
> felt like we were being discriminated because we speak English. Just
> because they speak English, they can't ride the school bus. I mean,
> this is America, right?"
>
> Administrators at St. Paul Public Schools admit the district made a
> mistake when it stranded the kids at school Monday.
>
> However, the district points out, that particular bus route serves one
> of three language academies. The one at Phalen Lake is for Hmong
> students learning English.
>
> The academies all have separate bus routes to keep its students
> together.
>
> The district decided to enforce the separate routes beginning Monday,
> but it did not tell the Armstrong family.
>
> "It is our responsibility to ensure the safety of these kids and we
> made a mistake. The kids should have gotten home that day," Dayna
> Kennedy, a public relations representative said.
>
> The district also discovered the Armstrongs no longer live in the
> Phalen Lake School boundary because they moved last year.
>
> So even though the district apologized, if they want to still go to
> Phalen, they are going to have to get their own ride.
>
> [url]http://kstptv5.com/article/stories/S21143.html?cat=1[/url][/color]

The ultimate political correctness which was started back during the
clinton era. Remember the famous buzz word, multiculturalism, that was
one started by the clinton administration also.
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" dbu," <Demsonhotseatnow@repubsofhook.com> wrote in message
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> The ultimate political correctness which was started back during the
> clinton era. Remember the famous buzz word, multiculturalism, that was
> one started by the clinton administration also.
> --
>[/color]


Reagan, actually.

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:24:11 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
<dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>" dbu," <Demsonhotseatnow@repubsofhook.com> wrote in message
>news:Demsonhotseatnow-5C13AE.12184210012007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>
>[color=green]
>> The ultimate political correctness which was started back during the
>> clinton era. Remember the famous buzz word, multiculturalism, that was
>> one started by the clinton administration also.
>> --
>>[/color]
>
>
>Reagan, actually.
>[/color]
Joe, as Clint Eastwood said many times in his Dirty Harry series...

YOU are a legend in your own mind.

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Scott in Florida

"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
news:nldaq25ur17aovvkcodo5j47jg3se5ssmb@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:24:11 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>" dbu," <Demsonhotseatnow@repubsofhook.com> wrote in message
>>news:Demsonhotseatnow-5C13AE.12184210012007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>> The ultimate political correctness which was started back during the
>>> clinton era. Remember the famous buzz word, multiculturalism, that was
>>> one started by the clinton administration also.
>>> --
>>>[/color]
>>
>>
>>Reagan, actually.
>>[/color]
> Joe, as Clint Eastwood said many times in his Dirty Harry series...
>
> YOU are a legend in your own mind.
> Scott in Florida
>[/color]

No...really, Snott, it was Reagan. How old were you when he was president?

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:58:09 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
<dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
>news:nldaq25ur17aovvkcodo5j47jg3se5ssmb@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:24:11 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
>> <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>" dbu," <Demsonhotseatnow@repubsofhook.com> wrote in message
>>>news:Demsonhotseatnow-5C13AE.12184210012007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>> The ultimate political correctness which was started back during the
>>>> clinton era. Remember the famous buzz word, multiculturalism, that was
>>>> one started by the clinton administration also.
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Reagan, actually.
>>>[/color]
>> Joe, as Clint Eastwood said many times in his Dirty Harry series...
>>
>> YOU are a legend in your own mind.
>> Scott in Florida
>>[/color]
>
>No...really, Snott, it was Reagan. How old were you when he was president?
>[/color]

Cite....legend in your own mind Joe....


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Scott in Florida

"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
news:n5eaq2dt3ako567f5nlafgv23v7i2hkkh8@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:58:09 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
>>news:nldaq25ur17aovvkcodo5j47jg3se5ssmb@4ax.com...[color=darkred]
>>> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:24:11 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
>>> <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>" dbu," <Demsonhotseatnow@repubsofhook.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:Demsonhotseatnow-5C13AE.12184210012007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The ultimate political correctness which was started back during the
>>>>> clinton era. Remember the famous buzz word, multiculturalism, that
>>>>> was
>>>>> one started by the clinton administration also.
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Reagan, actually.
>>>>
>>> Joe, as Clint Eastwood said many times in his Dirty Harry series...
>>>
>>> YOU are a legend in your own mind.
>>> Scott in Florida
>>>[/color]
>>
>>No...really, Snott, it was Reagan. How old were you when he was president?
>>[/color]
>
> Cite....legend in your own mind Joe....[/color]


How old were you when Reagan was president?

In article <fbaph.302$B25.16@news01.roc.ny>,
"JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> " dbu," <Demsonhotseatnow@repubsofhook.com> wrote in message
> news:Demsonhotseatnow-5C13AE.12184210012007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>
>[color=green]
> > The ultimate political correctness which was started back during the
> > clinton era. Remember the famous buzz word, multiculturalism, that was
> > one started by the clinton administration also.
> > --
> >[/color]
>
>
> Reagan, actually.[/color]


It's a bureaucratic mix up involving which students go to which schools
and which bus takes them there. That's it. To make anything more out
of it is nonsense.

Dave

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:06:11 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
<dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>No...really, Snott, it was Reagan. How old were you when he was president?
>>>[/color]
>>
>> Cite....legend in your own mind Joe....[/color]
>
>
>How old were you when Reagan was president?
>[/color]

ROFLAMO

I see I've backed you into a corner again.....legend in your own
mind...Joe....


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Scott in Florida

Jeez. I'd think they'd like having english spoken where they are trying to
teach it.
Ron
" dbu," <Demsonhotseatnow@repubsofhook.com> wrote in message
news:Demsonhotseatnow-5C13AE.12184210012007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...[color=blue]
> In article <xn0f11na51eobyy002@news.readfreenews.net>,
> "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> KSTP.com - 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS
>>
>> Kids kicked off a bus for speaking English
>>
>>
>> Imagine sending your kids off to school, but when they get to the bus
>> they are told they can't get on because they speak English.
>>
>> That's right, English.
>>
>> It happened to a few children in St. Paul and now the school district
>> is apologizing.
>>
>> Rachel Armstrong sent her kids to pick up the bus as usual Monday, but
>> after the driver let the kids on, he told them he would not pick them
>> up again. He even said he wouldn't take them home that afternoon.
>>
>> Armstrong left work early Tuesday, forced to pick up her kids from
>> Phalen Lake Elementary School.
>>
>> Her twin girls, 10, and her son, 8, were kicked off their regular
>> school bus. They were told by the bus driver the route is for
>> non-English speaking students only.
>>
>> "I was furious. I was at work and I was just mad." Armstrong said. "I
>> felt like we were being discriminated because we speak English. Just
>> because they speak English, they can't ride the school bus. I mean,
>> this is America, right?"
>>
>> Administrators at St. Paul Public Schools admit the district made a
>> mistake when it stranded the kids at school Monday.
>>
>> However, the district points out, that particular bus route serves one
>> of three language academies. The one at Phalen Lake is for Hmong
>> students learning English.
>>
>> The academies all have separate bus routes to keep its students
>> together.
>>
>> The district decided to enforce the separate routes beginning Monday,
>> but it did not tell the Armstrong family.
>>
>> "It is our responsibility to ensure the safety of these kids and we
>> made a mistake. The kids should have gotten home that day," Dayna
>> Kennedy, a public relations representative said.
>>
>> The district also discovered the Armstrongs no longer live in the
>> Phalen Lake School boundary because they moved last year.
>>
>> So even though the district apologized, if they want to still go to
>> Phalen, they are going to have to get their own ride.
>>
>> [url]http://kstptv5.com/article/stories/S21143.html?cat=1[/url][/color]
>
> The ultimate political correctness which was started back during the
> clinton era. Remember the famous buzz word, multiculturalism, that was
> one started by the clinton administration also.
> --
>[/color]

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:18:42 -0600, dbu, wrote:
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>> So even though the district apologized, if they want to still go to
>> Phalen, they are going to have to get their own ride.
>>
>> [url]http://kstptv5.com/article/stories/S21143.html?cat=1[/url][/color]
>
> The ultimate political correctness which was started back during the
> clinton era. Remember the famous buzz word, multiculturalism, that was
> one started by the clinton administration also.[/color]


You mean, like Hilary wishing everone a Happy Kwanzaa, Ramadan and Hanuka?

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:22:01 -0600, Dave Moorman wrote:
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> In article <fbaph.302$B25.16@news01.roc.ny>,
> "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> " dbu," <Demsonhotseatnow@repubsofhook.com> wrote in message
>> news:Demsonhotseatnow-5C13AE.12184210012007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>> > The ultimate political correctness which was started back during the
>> > clinton era. Remember the famous buzz word, multiculturalism, that was
>> > one started by the clinton administration also.
>> > --
>> >[/color]
>>
>>
>> Reagan, actually.[/color]
>
>
> It's a bureaucratic mix up involving which students go to which schools
> and which bus takes them there. That's it. To make anything more out
> of it is nonsense.
>
> Dave[/color]


What friggin difference does it make what bus takes what students where,
as long as they get there?

We never had different buses for different languages! If the bus went to
your school, you took that bus!

"Vash The Stampede" <Trigun@2am.cn> wrote in message
news:nhbph.5398$V91.157@trndny05...[color=blue]
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:22:01 -0600, Dave Moorman wrote:
>[color=green]
>> In article <fbaph.302$B25.16@news01.roc.ny>,
>> "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> " dbu," <Demsonhotseatnow@repubsofhook.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Demsonhotseatnow-5C13AE.12184210012007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>>>
>>>
>>> > The ultimate political correctness which was started back during the
>>> > clinton era. Remember the famous buzz word, multiculturalism, that
>>> > was
>>> > one started by the clinton administration also.
>>> > --
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>> Reagan, actually.[/color]
>>
>>
>> It's a bureaucratic mix up involving which students go to which schools
>> and which bus takes them there. That's it. To make anything more out
>> of it is nonsense.
>>
>> Dave[/color]
>
>
> What friggin difference does it make what bus takes what students where,
> as long as they get there?
>
> We never had different buses for different languages! If the bus went to
> your school, you took that bus!
>[/color]

Perhaps they expected that specific bus to be full to capacity with a
certain group of students. Buses take sports teams to events at other
schools. Before they leave the school, kids know those buses are for a
specific purpose.

In article <fbaph.302$B25.16@news01.roc.ny>,
"JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> " dbu," <Demsonhotseatnow@repubsofhook.com> wrote in message
> news:Demsonhotseatnow-5C13AE.12184210012007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>
>[color=green]
> > The ultimate political correctness which was started back during the
> > clinton era. Remember the famous buzz word, multiculturalism, that was
> > one started by the clinton administration also.
> > --
> >[/color]
>
>
> Reagan, actually.[/color]

Nope. Clinton era and I'd bet it was the clintons good friend Lannie
Guinier that put the little bug in their ears.
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On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:14:26 -0600, " dbu,"
<Demsonhotseatnow@repubsofhook.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>In article <fbaph.302$B25.16@news01.roc.ny>,
> "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> " dbu," <Demsonhotseatnow@repubsofhook.com> wrote in message
>> news:Demsonhotseatnow-5C13AE.12184210012007@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>> > The ultimate political correctness which was started back during the
>> > clinton era. Remember the famous buzz word, multiculturalism, that was
>> > one started by the clinton administration also.
>> > --
>> >[/color]
>>
>>
>> Reagan, actually.[/color]
>
>Nope. Clinton era and I'd bet it was the clintons good friend Lannie
>Guinier that put the little bug in their ears.[/color]

You 'dare' to throw facts at Joe (the legend in his own mind)'s
direction?

......LOL


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Scott in Florida