Why is a school protecting an illegal from Mexico who uses a false name and age is school security at risk?
The public has a right to know if Ivan Mateo-Lozenzo, 21, attended West High School or any other Madison schools and for how long.
School district officials are stubbornly refusing to say.
Nor will they disclose if the district followed its own policies for screening new students when (or if) Mateo-Lozenzo enrolled at West using a fake name and age.
Police say Mateo-Lozenzo pulled the trigger in the shooting death of gang rival Antonio Perez, 19, on Madison’s East Side late last month.
Mateo-Lozenzo was an illegal immigrant from Mexico. But that’s not the central issue here because the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that school districts can’t withhold public education because of immigration status.
The real issue here is school safety.
Middleton school officials have acknowledged that Mateo-Lozenzo, 21, attended Middleton High School as Arain Gutierrez, 19 – a name and age that police say are fake. Middleton records also suggest Mateo-Lozenzo previously attended West High School in Madison.
A young man who gains regular access to our schools, who isn’t a teenager, who uses a false name and age, who is now accused of shooting and killing a rival gang member – that’s someone who presents school security concerns of high public interest.
Madison schools shouldn’t give out information willy-nilly about students, whose privacy should be respected.
But in extreme cases – and they don’t get much more extreme than this one – district policies should be flexible enough to incorporate some common sense.
Parents, students and taxpayers have a right to know what’s going on. The public needs more information and reassurance from Madison school officials about the case of Mateo-Lozenzo.
Refusing to give details about how this man came to attend local schools doesn’t give the public much confidence in district policies or in the protection of other students.
The Madison district’s refusal to even acknowledge if a man accused in a deadly shooting was a student is especially egregious.
School officials should stop hiding the facts and discuss the district’s actions in an open way. They also should let the public in on any discussion about district enrollment policy moving forward.
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/opinion/editorial/article_ca7e559c-5e21-11df-8018-001cc4c03286.html
Pulling a trigger in the shooting death of gang rival is grounds for deportation. ICE him (Immigration & Customs Enforcement)!
Wow, well probably its just protocal for that school and they just can’t disclose that information. However with the development of this story I’m sure some changes regarding this issue will be made. People just have to raise awareness which you are doing. 🙂
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For this you need an attorney. Out him . They have been hiding these punks in nursing homes too. They think they’re going to catch the big fish through him. This is the office of the D/A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3OsyVA5NzQ&feature=related
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Pulling a trigger in the shooting death of gang rival is grounds for deportation. ICE him (Immigration & Customs Enforcement)!
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Mind your own business.Let the cops handle that.Besides he wouldn’t be the first,last,or the only one to commit a crime.People have been killed by gangs for being nosy.
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