Old 10-03-2009, 07:01 AM
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For curiosity, I thought I would check out the Crystal City Independent School District where the now long defunct race oriented political party La Raza Unida took over the School District and County government in Texas during the early 70's and essentially fired all the white employees. Many changes were made, including mandated bilingual education
The Crystal City ISD's Board of Trustees is composed of all Hispanic names.
RAYMUNDO VILLARREAL SUPERINTENDENT
MARICELA GUZMAN BOARD PRESIDENT
ANITA CUEVAS-LOMAS BOARD VICE-PRESIDENT
FRAILAN SENDEJO BOARD SECRETARY
BOBBY CASTILLO BOARD MEMBER
NERISELA FLORES-BALBOA BOARD MEMBER
ALFREDO GALLEGOS BOARD MEMBER
VICTOR LOPEZ BOARD MEMBER
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Student population is 99%Hispanic, 87% economically disadvantaged.
11% are English language learners, 93.3% are Limited English Proficient. Also listed is a contradictory average English Language Arts score at 90% with the Texas average being 92%.
This puzzled me at first, but I suppose there is a difference between being a learner and being fluent, and how is English Language arts actually tested? Something is unexplained here.
[A friend employed by my local school district (Ca.) told me that the money for the district is in claiming English Learner dollars. Even if a kid is fluent in English, if the parents state that Spanish is the home language, the kid is used by the district for sucking in ELL money]
9% of students have an IEP (Individualized Education Program).
8% are migrants, moving from school to school.
Some sources exclude migrant data.
Test scores are below the Texas average.
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The drop out rate At Crystal City High School has varying figures, depending on the source
>Crystal City ISD drop out rate of 4%
>2006-2007 drop out rate All Students 8.8%
>Dropout rate: 9.2%
>Dropout rate for Hispanic students: 9.3%
>High School graduation rate: 80.7%
>HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 81.3%
The 4% rate is unlikely, and there is about a 10 % discrepancy between the other listed drop out rates and the listed graduation rates. And how are those rates actually calculated?
As in earlier examples, would this make a four year derived drop out rate of 30% to 40%? [Lincoln High School drop out rate 8% with a derived 4 year dropout rate of 33.4%]
Have the numbers been misrepresented?
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Teacher turn over rate has been high in the past, reaching 17 percent one year. Latest figures I saw were for 2001. Perhaps ancient history by now.
The “Great Schools” website rating for Crystal City High School is a 3 out of ten, ten being best.
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National dropout rates for Hispanics 1972 - 2007
32% 1972 36%1988 22% 2007
National dropout rates for blacks 1972 - 2007
22%1972 24% 1975 9% 2007
National dropout rates for White, non-Hispanic 1972 – 2007
13% 1972 6% 2007
I was surprised to find that the average graduation rate in Texas is higher than California.
2007 Texas 72.5% California 69.2
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009064.pdf.
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/...8839#from..Tab
http://www.education.com/schoolfinde...district/high/
http://www.schools-data.com/schools/...STAL-CITY.html
http://www.crystalcityisd.org/pages/...ort%20Card.pdf
Forty years of Chicano studies