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I raised 2 kids in the Forest Grove school district, and they attended Forest Grove High School. One of your participants noted that 51% of the hispanic students at FGHS would not pass the minimum standards. This is an impossible standard to meet. The hispanic population in this school district was less than 5% in 1985, and by 2005 it was over 35%. It is around 40% at this point, and these kids are largely undocumented. That means they don't come into the system with the same background as the anglo kids, and we have a "don't ask don't tell" lack of honesty about the ramefications of these facts.

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