Latinos anxious over end of school liaisons in Prince George's

As word spreads of the recent decision by the Prince George's Board of Education to eliminate 120 full-time parent liaisons next year to save money, parents and staff at schools with large Latino populations are increasingly worried about how they will cope.

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The Latino community's growing anxiety over the board's decision highlights Prince George's uneasy transition from a majority-black county that has been a magnet for affluent African Americans to a county increasingly characterized by low-income Latino immigrant enclaves.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/05/AR2010030503028.html

[posted by Ana Perales]