And students of Latin American descent now make up 75% of the school district. "His people — despite their numbers — are still getting a raw deal. He did that by first of all dedicating his career to being a teacher. “They thought it was a toy gun, but then it shot,” the unnamed student told the news station. He simply said: "I want my tombstone to read: Sal Castro: a teacher." 1 Local news helicopters showed the suspect being led out of the school in handcuffs. "I thought they'd wait until I was dead," joked Castro, 76. Latinos continue to lead the nation in high school drop-out rates and teen pregnancies, and bright students are tracked away from college prep courses.He showed me a letter he wrote Obama in 2009 protesting the lack of progress and questioning the administration's educational reforms"I don't think merit pay for teachers and charter schools will help very much. When we have that information and we are sure, we will begin to share that information with you.
Castro had asked him to squeeze in a second ceremony to dedicate a plaque for the Eastside students at Hazard Park near County-USC Medical Center, where they had gathered during the blowouts.If it took so long for the first Mexican American to receive that presidential recognition, what were the chances of a second commemoration? More details to come Despite the school being searched and declared safe, the scene was still locked down until regular dismissal, authorities said. The walkouts, or "blowouts" as they came to be known, soon spread throughout the city.The movement reached predominantly black campuses too, but is remembered today as a seminal event in Chicano activism. He was awake and alert when he arrived at the hospital.“This child was extremely lucky,” Dr. Aaron Strumwasser told reporters at a press briefing. Do you?"
He went to college, became a teacher and in the early 1960s planted the seeds of a later movement in a county program designed to train young Chicano leaders. But Castro insisted on meeting with me to express his frustration with President Obama.Since 2009, Castro has been trying to get the president, first lady or Vice President Castro, now 78, believes the blowouts should be seen as the equivalent of black civil rights touchstones like the Selma march or the lunch-counter sit-ins. To that end, he has written inviting the president twice, Michelle Obama wrote back once declining his invitation. Victims are 15, boy and girl. Services will be announced.Castro, known as “Sal,” was a Lincoln High School teacher who guided student walkouts at five predominantly Mexican American schools on the Eastside in what came to be seen as a milestone in community activism. The school day is expected to continue until regular dismissal.He said parents of the students at the school have been contacted.“As the superintendent, I want to express to all parents and community members that our students are safe, we will make sure that every child is reunited with a parent, a guardian or a custodian,” Superintendent Vivian Ekchian said at a press briefing Thursday. "They were kicking me … as many times as they could," Castro said.A lot has changed in L.A. since the 1960s. "Yet Castro supports the president and had a fat Obama-Biden button pinned to his T-shirt during our exchange. Ask your question. And it made Castro — though he paid a high price for it — a hero to the city's Mexican American minority.He was arrested and held for five days. he wrote.He waved another letter he had written, taking Obama to task for an education speech arguing that children need a parent at home to turn off the TV and help with the homework. But this is an opportunity for all of us in the community to understand the rules and our responsibilities.”Authorities would not say if there are metal detectors at the school and would not get into other specifics about security there.The Los Angeles Police Department is leading the investigation into the shooting, with assistance from the Los Angeles School Police.