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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1403904" data-attributes="member: 12952">LYNN, Ma.“We have been aware of the unaccompanied children issue for quite a while, and we were able to absorb a lot of these children early on,” said Lynn Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy. “But now it’s gotten to the point where the school system is overwhelmed, our health department is overwhelmed, the city’s budget is being sustainably altered in order of accommodate all of these admissions in the school department.”The amount of new foreign born student admissions has nearly doubled in the last two years. This school year alone saw more than 600 new admissions. Among those students, 248 were from Guatemala. Flanagan Kennedy says of those 248 children, 126 were illegal, undocumented minors.“They are not literate in any language, so they do need some skills. And I assume they are enrolling in school to receive those skills,” said Catherine Latham, Lynn’s superintendent of schools.The law states Lynn schools cannot deny enrollment to anybody solely on the basis of not having paperwork.The law also forces Lynn to pay for vaccinations for illegal, undocumented minors.Public Health Director MaryAnn O’Connor said she estimates the department has seen a 200 percent increase in vaccinations over the last couple years. O’Connor has also had to hire two additional part-time staff members and had to start a tuberculosis clinic for a huge spike in cases over the last two years.Latham says that because of the age of some students, reportedly between 16 and 20 years old, they were placed in the ninth grade.<a href="http://moonbattery.com/" target="_blank">http://moonbattery.com/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1403904, member: 12952"] LYNN, Ma. “We have been aware of the unaccompanied children issue for quite a while, and we were able to absorb a lot of these children early on,” said Lynn Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy. “But now it’s gotten to the point where the school system is overwhelmed, our health department is overwhelmed, the city’s budget is being sustainably altered in order of accommodate all of these admissions in the school department.” The amount of new foreign born student admissions has nearly doubled in the last two years. This school year alone saw more than 600 new admissions. Among those students, 248 were from Guatemala. Flanagan Kennedy says of those 248 children, 126 were illegal, undocumented minors. “They are not literate in any language, so they do need some skills. And I assume they are enrolling in school to receive those skills,” said Catherine Latham, Lynn’s superintendent of schools. The law states Lynn schools cannot deny enrollment to anybody solely on the basis of not having paperwork. The law also forces Lynn to pay for vaccinations for illegal, undocumented minors. Public Health Director MaryAnn O’Connor said she estimates the department has seen a 200 percent increase in vaccinations over the last couple years. O’Connor has also had to hire two additional part-time staff members and had to start a tuberculosis clinic for a huge spike in cases over the last two years. Latham says that because of the age of some students, reportedly between 16 and 20 years old, they were placed in the ninth grade. [url]http://moonbattery.com/[/url] [/QUOTE]

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