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"For the Students" is a multi-generational committee.
It is composed of teachers, parents, students and professionals that believe in the students and their actions.
Some of the Committee members include 1968 Walk Out Leaders: Bobby Verdugo, Paula Crisostomo, Mita Cuaron, and Yoli Rios,
along with other Commitee members.
We support the students in their efforts to stand up for
their rights and those of their family, friends and community!
We also believe in working with multi-ethnic cross cultural groups that believe
"education is a right not a privilege".
Important Information........STUDENTS CAN GET LEGAL HELP IF THEY HAVE RECEIVED A TICKET, WERE JAILED, OR
ANY OTHER RETALIATION BECAUSE OF THE STUDENT WALKOUT.
CALL
THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD AT (310) 712-6373 (English) or (310) 712-7066 (Spanish)
For the Students 2006
Committee Meeting
(Pot luck, si puedes)
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
6:30 PM
Calmecac Youth Center
5234 East Beverly Blvd.
East Los, Califas 90022
323.728.7770 ext 11 )
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COURT APPEARANCE
FOR STUDENTS!!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION for students ticketed in March for walkouts………
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Please see the letter attached (in PDF). Both the Cities of Long Beach and Los Angeles have essentially cancelled the further prosecution of walkout tickets
that they have issued. Los Angeles through the Police Department, and Long Beach through the City Attorney's Office. If you, or people you know, have a
PENDING ticket that was issued pursuant to the ordinances referenced in the letter, bring a copy of the appropriate letter
to your next court date.
Kindest regards, SchoolWalkouts.info
to view the letters, link to the website below.........
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IMPORTANT STUDENTS...
STOP AND READ THIS !!
INFO FROM ...HTP://WWW.SCHOOLWALKOUTS.INFO
The new materials listed below have now been posted on www.schoolwalkouts.info. Many students have been wrongfully disciplined by their schools. Accordingly, the School Discipline Appeal Packet
materials below are provided by Public Counsel - LA, the NLG-LA, CADRE, APALC, MALDEF & CARECEN. It is important
that the discipline appeal be attempted so as to clear students' records at the administrative level, if possible. If school
districts will not honor administrative appeals, the fact that the appeal was attempted is an important part of the foundation
for legal action, if necessary.
Also, many students have been given truancy citations by police officers AND HAVE JUVENILE COURT DATES COMING
UP SOON! Accordingly, the Los Angeles Juvenile Court Information materials are provided to briefly inform parents, students
and teachers about how the system works and what to expect, generally. Many students should not have received truancy citations/tickets.
Thus, a Motion/Petition to Dismiss a truancy ticket, based upon what have been fairly common factual circumstances, has
been included. It has been included primarily for ADVOCATES, but also for TEACHERS and PARENTS -- it is not recommended that
STUDENTS use the Motion/Petition to Dismiss without assistance.
We will do our best to continue to update www.schoolwalkouts.info with useful materials and notices about trainings. IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER WITH APPEALS AND
FIGHTING CITATIONS, BUT HAVE NOT SIGNED UP ON THE WEBSITE, PLEASE ASK THEM TO DO SO IMMEDIATELY -- THE STUDENTS NEED MORE
ASSISTANCE!!!
Kindest regards,
SchoolWalkouts.info
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VIVA ANTHONY SOLTERO !!!
Eighth grader Anthony Soltero shot himself through the head on Thursday, March 30, after the assistant principal
at De Anza Middle School told him that he was going to prison for three years because of his involvement as an organizer of
the April 28 school walk-outs to protest the anti-immigrant legislation in Washington. The vice principal also forbade Anthony from attending graduation activities and threatened to fine his mother
for Anthony’s truancy and participation in the student protests.
“Anthony was learning about the importance of civic duties and rights in his eighth grade class. Ironically, he died because the vice principal at his school threatened him for speaking out and exercising
those rights,” Ms. Corales said today. “I want to speak out to other
parents, whose children are attending the continuing protests this week. We have
to let the schools know that they can’t punish our children for exercising their rights.”
Anthony’s death is likely the first fatality arising from the protests against the immigration legislation being
considered in Washington, D.C. Anthony, who was a very good student at De Anza Middle School in
the Ontario-Montclair School District, believed in justice and was passionate about the immigration
issue. He is survived by his mother, Louise Corales, his father, a younger sister,
and a baby brother.
CONTACTS: R. SAMUEL PAZ, Weekend (310) 989-6815; Office (310) 410-2981 and SONIA MERCADO, weekend (310 210-4445; Office (310) 410-2981
E-mail: samuelpaz@MSN.com
LAW OFFICES OF R. SAMUEL PAZ
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