We have been so apathetic that we have let people get on the board simply because ..NO ONE RAN AGAINST THEM.. who's fault is that? The person from our district got the post twice because they were the only ones running. One of the others husband is a partner in a development company. Now what do you think this person is gonna say when they want to put another zillion house development in that will overcrowd the schools?

It cost less to buy a few textbook, pay some teachers and share education and values with children, than to spend billions on bombs and bombers, deploy troops to kill and get killed, rebuild some other nation (or blow billions trying) and to also finance it with deficit interest to China.

And in the end all your going to do is to continue to scare the hell out or yourselves and a few folks who live elsewhere in the world. But, if you don’t like to try to do something both smart and noble, then you and your children will pay and pay and pay through the nose.

Nice to see you!

All I know is that in San Diego Unified School District, students/parents were required to submit a proof of residency in the fall and in the spring of each school year.

Now what confuses me, is why, would the FCBOE only require a student/parent to submit one proof of residency upon entering the Fayette school system, then never ask for the proof of residency ever again? That is crazy!

Welcome south, sister. We tolerate laziness and incompetence in business, government and our fast food workers. This has its root in trying so very hard not be racist, but that tolerance extends to everyone regardless of race, gender or national origin.

It takes about 3 years and then you will be just like the rest of us. Spelling and explaining words like "soda pop" and "contract" and "government" will become a daily part of your life and after 3 years you won't even notice you are doing it.

Call the school system HQ tomorrow and listen carefully how the receptionist says the words "Fayette County Department of Education" Priceless.

But onto the point of your question, same answer - we are lazy and more concerned with image and how we are perceived that we are about doing the right and legal thing. Makes us Democrats, don't you think?

FCBOE requires proof of residency also. Perhaps it's only once a year. I'm not a 100% on this but I think that if you can't provide proof of property ownership then they only require you to submit the affadavit. It's just like the illegal Mexican issue. We don't need more laws we just need to enforce the ones we have. I don't know what the enforcement arm for the school system is.

Perhaps the county could let them use the Marshall's office to verify the affadavits and check out the out of county plates since they have so much time to do the Sheriffs job. I don't know...just thinking out loud. One the other hand the Marshall's Deparment can't even do their job right on enforcing the leash laws and sign ordinances. Guess that would require them to actually move and get out of their vehicle.

Since my children have been enrolled in Fayette County schools, we have only had to provide a proof of residency ONCE and that was when I enrolled them! EVERY student should have to provide proof of Fayette County residency twice every school year. End of story, at least in my opinion.

Good God, you folks are afraid of people. I guess I got bad news for you. The whole world is full of people and most of them are not like you.

You claim you are very, very old and have been around longer than Teddy Roosevelt. We're beginning to understand you more and we accept you considering all you've been through and your condition. Quick question buddy. Did you do lotsa, lotsa, lotsa drugs in the 60's. Just wondering? Your bloviating seems a little burnt around the edges.

No one here is afraid of people. News for you. We all live around people. They typically don't bite. The issue here is illegal students who are out of district. But you know that. Why don't you relax, assume your yoga position and go worship yourself.

I love the words of Winston Churchill that seem so appropriate here.

"IF YOU ARE NOT A LIBERAL AT THE AGE OF 18 YOU HAVE NO HEART - IF YOU ARE NOT A CONSERVATIVE AT THE AGE OF 40 YOU HAVE NO BRAIN.

Oh, such kind words from you, but you could save ‘em for someone that really needs them and just send some filthy lucre here---I’ll dispose of it for you. By the way, was Winston one of our founding fathers? And, I did like Teddy R, but the conservatives of the day were not fond of him.

get what you pay for. Islewood, my taxes are paying for the illegal students. I don't know about you, but from where I stand, these students have broken the law on two counts; 1) they are not residents and 2) they are guilty of theft of services.

What are we teaching our kids? For one thing, they learn by example and this teaches that THEFT is OK if it is convenient. Lying is OK when "warranted" and picking the laws to follow is accepted as long as the actions benefit you.

Not afraid of people except if the liberals get control.

More of your taxes are going to rebuild school and educate kids in other places than in your school district. And we keep blowing up other places and you will pay and pay even more.

Islewood. I suspected all along it was you. I used to laugh my tail off watching you and Cheech just get blown away together. It's not so funny now though. I see the destructive results of it. It's a shame all that stuff fried your brain like it did. And I thought it was because of your age. But that's Ok. We'll still laugh and chuckle at you when TBS plays your re-runs. Whoooa Man..That's Some Good {{{{Edited}}}}. Did I say that right?

I know what you said must be funny because you told me it was. I think you only speak "right," maybe the whole place does?

Not trying to argue with you. The point I was making is that the illegal students are fudging the papers and no one is verifying the so called proof. Whether it's one, two, or three times a year it won't make a difference if verifications are not made. I'm with you all the way on this one. I'm just axing questions and pontificating so I can get a little edumication on the subject.

Perhaps we can put a bounty of em. Ha!

Respectfully,
The Cat...I mean the LION

The BOE is planning to expel students who are here illegally, in addition to charging the parents for tuition. They will also attempt to collect reimbursement for legal expenses. I don't know how effective this will be -- many of the parents will claim that they can't afford the tuition reimbursement, but I hope that the BOE will be able to get some restitution. The BOE will also have to be much better at following up on reports of out-of-county students than they have been in the past, if we are going to get rid of the students who are here illegally.

Is this something the BOE has explicitly stated? I ask because SB 618 does not address expulsion. The most relevant passage of 618:

However, a local school system is authorized to charge nonresident students tuition or fees or a combination thereof; provided, however, that such charges to a student shall not exceed the average locally financed per student cost for the preceding year, excluding the local five mill share funds required pursuant to Code Section 20-2-164

Seems to me that this merely empowers each school system to contract with another to shift tuition money to cover illegal students. But the wording in the bill as well as the write-ups I've seen seem to take the angle that students will continue in those classes as long as tuition is paid.

According to the article in the Fayette section of Thursday's (today's) edition of the AJC: "Students found not to be living in the county will be withdrawn and their parents charged tuition for the time they attended school here. Officials could also seek legal action against the family." The article also states that this policy is expected to be adopted by the school board within 30 days. If this policy is indeed adopted by the school board, then it does seem to be explicitly stated.

Getting rid of the illegals and keeping them out in the future is the most important thing. Tuition reimbursement is just something you threaten the parents of illegals with. Don't care if we collect a dime as long as the illegal parasites who bring down our test scores are gone.

Bobby's right. Funny they have gotten serious at election time. Good job to all those who helped shine a light on this issue. Wonder if Arlene Law will get her contract renewed.

along with her boss. It took them 2 weeks to return a phone call.

It is your own neigbors who are helping some of these kids get into school. I wonder how much help they would give, [or more likely, asked to be paided under the table], if they upped the fine from 2,000 to 10,000 for Fayette residence doing this.

I'm voting all incumbents O-U-T....they had their chance to fix this problem and have done nothing until election time.

Talk is cheap...give us results!

All though it couldnt come any sooner, i'm glad they finally opened there eyes. Like I've said before, there is a student at my son's school who is from Rex Ga. Why is he still there?

Which ones?

My kids attend Fayette Intermediate and Fayette Middle. One of the reasons we specifically chose Fayette County when we relocated here from California was the schools and the community. It makes me very angry that the FCBOE can't control the problem of illegal students in this county. In the schools in California, parents had to submit proof of residency twice a year. Since moving to Fayette County, we have only been asked to submit proof of residency once and that is when we enrolled the children in school! The number of cars from Clayton County in the drop off and pick up lines is outrageous!

Current FCBOE, your time has come and gone to do something about this problem. I'm of the opinion that it is time for new leadership and fresh ideas.