Shallow statement

Editor:

Jay St. John’s 15 October issue cry of “crisis in our district” and citing 7 or 8 percent growth “in the hardest times of my lifetime” is shallow and hollow without his public statement of just how many students are not US citizens.

Surely Supt. St. John is not asking the tax payers to pony up more tax dollars to educate students who should leave the country with their illegal parents.

Overrides and increased funding for children of taxpayers is one thing, e.g. Scottsdale, but continued social services and higher taxes to encourage illegal parasites is another.

Do your job and report to the taxpayers exactly what percentage of the “growth” is directly related to our failed border security.

Failure to do so could be considered fraud and misrepresentation on citizens, their children, the tax paying public, and justification for no additional funding.

Walter L. Henderson, Green Valley