LA group says flier threatened school reformers:
"Los Angeles school reform supporters and the teachers' union are condemning a flier that falsely warns immigrant parents they'll be deported for supporting a charter school expansion."
No one has claimed credit for distributing the flier, the latest development in a push to turn a third of the campuses in the nation's second-largest school district over to private operators.
Jarad Sanchez of the pro-reform Alliance for a Better Community said Tuesday that one person recently turned in a Spanish-language flier warning that parents who signed a charter petition would be deported.
Sanchez says it's unclear how many fliers were distributed but notes many illegal immigrants would be afraid to speak up.
The flier also was condemned by the United Teachers Los Angeles, which opposes the reform plan.
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"Los Angeles school reform supporters and the teachers' union are condemning a flier that falsely warns immigrant parents they'll be deported for supporting a charter school expansion."
No one has claimed credit for distributing the flier, the latest development in a push to turn a third of the campuses in the nation's second-largest school district over to private operators.
Jarad Sanchez of the pro-reform Alliance for a Better Community said Tuesday that one person recently turned in a Spanish-language flier warning that parents who signed a charter petition would be deported.
Sanchez says it's unclear how many fliers were distributed but notes many illegal immigrants would be afraid to speak up.
The flier also was condemned by the United Teachers Los Angeles, which opposes the reform plan.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/10/state/n101042S35.DTL&type=politics#ixzz0WZ40W7SA