Principal recruits students for Hmong charter school in Sacramento
Published: Thursday, Jul. 1, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 3B
Registration for the first charter school in California to focus on Hmong culture starts today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Nearly half of the target enrollment has already pre-registered at the Yav Pem Suab Academy, a K-4 elementary school.
"I've personally gone out and enrolled more than half of those students. I made home visits and if they were interested, I registered them on the spot," said principal Vince Xiong. The maximum enrollment will be 300.
In the next month, he'll hire 15 teachers and prepare for the Aug. 2 opening. School officials will be on hand to answer questions about the charter school after the 10 a.m. ceremony.
The idea for the school began five years ago, according to Dennis Mah, the president of the board of directors and former principal at Bowling Green charter school. The academy's charter was approved in March.
"It started with a group of Hmong parents talking about the quality of their children's education," he said. "Everyone assumed that Hmong are doing fine because they are Asian." It was far from
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