Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff
Did you know…
• That 55 percent of the people in the US live from paycheck to paycheck?
• That things are going to get worst before they are going to get better?
• That there are 30 million people unemployed and underemployed?
• That the elite controls over 75 percent of fi nancial assets?
• That 400 of the richest americans control more wealth than 155 million americans combined?
• That the US has the highest rate of poverty in the world, there are over 50 million people living in poverty?
• That 1.5 million people have fi led for bankruptcy?
Isn’t it obvious now that they are trying to eliminate the middle class? The evidence is clear. Now watch this video:http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/821.html.
San Francisco receives three awards for bilingual education
The California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) announced that San Francisco will receive three awards at CABE’s annual gathering of educators.
The San Francisco Unifi ed School District has been selected to receive CABE’s District Award, which is given to districts that promote the organization’s vision of “Biliteracy and Educational Equity for All.”
SFUSD was selected for a number of its programs and advocacy, including its support of programs for English Language Learners that promote academic excellence in two or more languages, its Two Way Bilingual Immersion, Dual Language, and Late Exit programs, and because its English language learners are reaching academic targets in two languages on statewide assessments.
The district also shows a commitment to second language learning for all students in its mission statements and marketing materials, and leads the way in promoting bilingualism and biliteracy statewide while sharing best practices with other districts.
JUDGE COULD TOSS MARIN ELECTION
A Superior Court judge here will decide Monday if a Marin County election held in November will be tossed and a new election held this June – after revelations in a hearing that hundreds, and perhaps thousands of voters were denied ballots.
Voters Suzan Sharpley and Robert Abeling – representing disenfranchised voters in the district – fi led the lawsuit after they were denied the right to vote although they live within the district.
The suit details hundreds of otherwise eligible voters apparently not given ballots with the NSD election, effectively preventing those voters from participating in the close election. NSD has since admitted to the errors.
“Subsequently, it was acknowledged by the NSD that (voters)…were denied their right to vote in that contest,” said the brief for the contestants.
