A battle over who speaks for Latinos in Vista schools

06-01-2010

By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego

Before Eduardo Preciado took over, it was a placid committee where parents gave their input on programs for English learners in Vista schools. Now the group is embroiled in Vista's struggle to find a voice for a Latino community that has grown in numbers but not in political posts over the last decade. Preciado has changed the committee on English learners into a platform for a small but passionate group of Latino parents who say it's their only place to speak out on all kinds of issues. Though Latino children are now much more common than white students in Vista schools, the school board is largely white and other Latino groups are scarce. One fan calls his group "the voice of the Latino people. (more...)

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