Friday, July 1st, is Illegal Alien Independence Day! Hurray! I just cant wait to celebrate my being blessed by having my coutry stolen from right out from under me!

Whoope-kai-yeah! Thank the Lord for illegal aliens! What would we do without them?

I wonder if St. Peter has got any problems with line breakers up in heaven?

mustbeademocrat; i love your comment. you are absolutly right about everything. and like you said, if we try to do anything about it, we will be the ones punished. i can't for the life of me figure out why there is such a big deal about. a law is a law and when you break it, there should be consiquences. but i guess these laws don't apply to them...

Interesting comments. I will agree with those who recognize that many of the schools' Hispanic students are extremly bright, bilinqual students who are knocking the top off of the state's standardized tests, becoming spelling bee winners, scoring perfect scores on the CRCT and High School Graduation Test, earning scholarships in excess of 700,000. Just because you're a minority doesn't make you an inferior student. The close minded citizens of our community need to wake up and recognize that not all Hispanics in our schools are illegal. Many of them were born and raised right here in Gordon County and they attend both school systems. Their performance is a testimony to the fact that their parents are supportive and want the very best for their children and it's also a testiment to the hard working teachers we have in our schools who have embraced each and every student and taught them to the best of their ability. I applaud the teachers in both school systems and recognize that freedom of choice to attend Sonoraville, Gordon Central or Calhoun should continue to reign. Sonoraville has just as many out of district students who should be attending Gordon Central attending school there..... why is that so different that what Calhoun is doing. Don't parents want to choose where their child goes to school?

FYI these are FACTS ! You do not have to be a legal citizen to receive WIC (Women, Infants and Children)supplemental nutrition program. Non citizens can also apply for emergency medicaid to cover the cost of delivery. These are FACTS !

fyi,Ilegal immigrants cost the US taxpayer $238 billion per year.

Illegals are bleeding us dry. Period.

FICA and medicare payroll taxes are deducted from payroll on a percentage basis, the number of dependents does not matter. It does matter on state and federal taxes withheld.

You folks can debate opinions all day, but this is an item of fact.

If you think illegals are paying the same taxes as an American with a social security number then you are either a liar or flat out gullable. Most illegals that have fake ssn's are claiming 9 dependants on their payroll and paying little to nothing on payroll taxes. At the end of the year they just DO NOT file a tax return. As far as medical care goes you are misinformed completely. Go to any emergency room and ask what the percentages of hispanics vs. Americans is. They use the emergency room as a doctor's office and the emergency room can not turn them away. These are facts!

Thats really funny. The hispanic people on here singing the praises of how the illegals kids are so much smarter, on average, than the other "regular" Calhoun High School kids.

I will stick by my comments. ANY SYSTEM, Calhoun or othewise, who has a student body with 30Plus % of their students as illegals or the children of illegals, WILL NOT DO AS WELL as their peers in other systems that have very small numbers of illegals.

All it takes to skewer the average is a SMALL HANDFULL of test takers who CANNOT READ THE TESTS, let alone pass them, to screw up the results for everyone else.

You ESOL teachers, Spanish teachers, translators or whatever, have a dog in this fight. Anything you say is biased, slanted, and flat out a lie.

I will say it again...It is IMOSSIBLE for ANY system to have high scores fairly that has such a high percentage of English nonreaders/speakers.

Cheating has been done. Heads will roll. The Atlanta system is not the only one that has inflated their figures, taught the quetions/answers, let the teachers look at the tests early, erased wrong answers and penciled in the correct answers.

Pretty simple...If you want good results, just cheat. Doesnt matter if its academics or athletics...Just cheat.

2dalu – You have given us the comment of the day with "...I think you have gotten racist Americans confused with pissed off Americans.” Well said!!! Stop the criminal activity that characterizes our southern border (build the dang wall) and then work on the other issues. It is all about priorities.

lozacochran, you call Americans racist and then defend people who sneak across the boarded and expect us to welcome them with open arms. By putting their first step across the boarder they disrespect our laws. Because so many illegals are here that don't bother to speak our language, the Americans are forced by a lot of employers who require their employee's to speak a foreign language to get a job. The American people have to pay higher tax to feed, medicate, and educate children who have illegal parents who have the attitude they we owe them something. I know for a fact that the majority of illegals do not pay any tax but sales tax. The amount of tax illegals pay is a fraction of what they cost the Americans. My mother lived in this town all her life and had seven children. We were a long way from being rich and my mother never once obtained food stamps, drew welfare or Medicaid or any other government funds and she never expected anyone to give her anything. If illegals can not afford to have a baby they need to quit having sex until they can or go to the health department and get birth control for free. It's that simple. You said we are uninformed so I have to point out to you that American women also have to pay to have babies. I can not afford medical insurance so I have to pay up front just like all the illegals except I don't go to the doctor expecting to get a free ride. You said the U.S. is allowing this to happen. The only thing the U.S. is allowing is more and more illegals to cross the boarder. You need to realize that you are responsible for what happens to you and no one else. I think you have gotten racist Americans confused with pissed off Americans.

-Cranky4ever- As I stated in my original post, I wanted to share an observation. It has been my personal experience as an educator that the hispanic students I have had the pleasure of teaching have often outperformed their non-hispanic peers. If you feel the need to call me "stupid" and/or "naive" as you did in your post, that is your own prerogative. You have the right to your own opinion, and to share it in this forum. I would, however, hope that as adults we could have frank conversation via this media instead of petty name calling.

“We must make a personal attack when there is no argumentative basis for our speech” - Marcus Tullius Cicero.

In the first place, their is not going to be a GIIIIFIFHDODHOH Anything.. If you read the news papers and watch the news. They blocked the Immgration law. I agree totally, with flip side.. I am a Spanish translator and I know for a fact that a lot of the hispanic students did very well on their testings.. I was at Calhoun high schoool graduation and what an honor it was for me to see so many honor students that were hispanic graduating. as for the lady who made the statement that the testings were rigged.. thats a bunch of hog wash and such ignorance. Even Sonoraville High students were the top on testings.. You people really, need to get educated and see what's really going on. To I Want equal rights.. Sorry, But nobody but nobody that is illegal or hispanic, or mexican or whatever you want to call us do we get anything free.. when mothers are pregnant they do not qualify for food stamps, medicade, or welfare or any type of free assistance.. they have to pay up front and they have to pay all out of pocket. they only thing that does get paid is the American CITIZEN AGAIN AMERICAN CITIZEN THE BABY THEY JUST HAD!!!! I am a spanish translator and I know this for a fact. They do pay taxes on groceries and the houses they have they pay taxes with Tx Id's. they file taxes with Tax ID'S. so get educated and get informed before you go on a site and start posting things you have no clue about.. Is it fair to say that the majority of people abusing the system is people who are on SSI And disability who go to mental facilities and claim to be insane and have personal issues and voila' they get a check every month.. I know so many people who yell mental, crazy, cucu and they are all on medicade and disability and a lot of people Americans that don't pay taxes .. so it isn't just the Hispanics it's everyone.. United States allows this to happen. Don't be blaming other cultures because your uninformed.. go to Dr's offices and maternity dr's obgyns offices and ask how hispanic mothers pay to have their babies.. the hospital charges them like 9 thousand dollars in the perios of those 9 months before they are seen or even have their babies in the Gordon Hospital.. Do some research.. But they get nothing for free.. they work hard and they are very humble people.. I AM HISPANIC WITH PARENTS FROM MEXICO AND I AM A UNITED STATES AMERICAN CITIZEN.. WHO PAYS A LOT OF TAXESSSSSSS!!! so please when speaking and downing my culture and my people please get your facts.. Our children are american citizens and they to have a right to be here and they to have a brain and are quite intelligent and they want to succeed and therefore no tests were altered and nobody rigged them.. they passed them on their own with flying colors.. because they pay attention and they are eager and want to learn.. God does not pick any favorites we are all his people. do not judge for you will be judged..

Look at the number of students crowding into ESOL (English as asecond language) classes and the numbers now involved. So, we are to believe that if you are raised in a poor environment, and your parents cannot speak the local language, and youve bounced from community to community, you are a much brighter student and outperform regular American kids in the Calhoun system on a regular basis? Incredible. Seems like we either got a liar here or someone who is just incredibly naive and stupid. Perhaps we have both.

Not here to argue, or stir things up. I just wanted to state a personal observation. Several people have referenced that the CCS system must be fudging scores due to a 30% hispanic population. I have been an educator for over 12 years and wanted to share that it has been my personal experience that the hispanic students I have taught have more often that not outperformed the students of other races. Of course there are exceptions, however I don't believe it is fair to assume that students will perform poorly because they are hispanic. Also, most of these students are born and raised here. Did their parents come legally? That I cannot answer. I can say however that it is not the fault of the child and they should not be the ones prosecuted here. I believe that all adults in Georgia, regardless of race should pay into the tax system and contribute, but I also advocate the right for all children to have insurance and an education. It was not their choice to relocate here, if that is their situation, and should not be punished for the decisions of adults. Also, please think carefully before judging a school system. I think you'll find that those in both the city and county schools work tirelessly to love and support children so that Gordon County will have a bright future.

redone2, aint gonna happen. In every system across the USA, sports rules the roost. Some things are sacred cows, and the last thing a school would let go is an inflated and overpaid athletic staff.

Same goes with joining the entities together. If you think Jackets are going to join in with Warriors, Phoenix, etc., youre more likely to see the moon turn to cream cheese first.

Communities fight tooth and nail to preserve what they consider "their own." They take pride. Aint nothing wrong with that. But it dont make sense dollar wise. Instead of being dollar wise, they are always dollar stupid.

I know where youre comng from. You got a small two systems with only 3 high schools combined, yet theyre wasting plenty of money on having two superintendents offices with all that staff, etc. Probably close to a million dollars a year a least is being wasted, and what for? Because pride gets in the way of common sense and frugality.

As to the number of hispanics in the system, the Clhoun Times not long ago published the numbers plus had a linkbreaking down the test takers, race, etc. Look it up. Calhouns was something like 31% or 32%. If you dont think that theres a lot of illegals in Calhoun, evidentl you dont go to WalMart or get out of the house.

Gripe all you want. Aint no way you can have a third of your student body with the hispanic numbers they do and endup with test scores like that.

Aint just Gatlinburg fudging things around here.

Liza Cochran maybe you do not understand that was,waS,WAS,is just that.It is now,now,nOW,NOW June 28th,2011 and this is the United States of America and guess what there are laws here,too. Laws that most legal citizens of this state demand be enforced. So if you or any others do not wanna abide by these laws maybe ya'll should consider leaving this state before the G.I.I.I.D.DAY gets here!!! July 1st,2011 is "GEORGIA'S ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT INDEPENDANCEDAY".So looking forward to wishing you and all illegals a GIIIDDAY very soon.

Let's have all students go for the school they are zoned for and see how much field will be leveled. Not only do they take some of the best athletes from the county they also take some of our best teachers. Here is a concept lets have 1 school system and 1 Board of education and lets see how much more money could be spend where it really needs to be the students education. It would be amazing how much money there would be when you don't have so many Administrators (just from not having 2 boards of education) alone.

I guess some remain unfamiliar with the concept of “WE WON!”

I have no problem with anyone coming to America for opportunity and a better life. My problem begins with the fact that they have no desire to obtain a social security number and live by the same rules in which I live. If you are going to take from the system by receiving a free education, drive on paved roads, welfare, security provided by local law enforcement, unemployment, medical care, etc..............THEN GET LEGAL AND HELP US PAY IN TO THE SYSTEM.