I would be interested to hear your opinion on what should be done with these children, then.
Before we explore my solution, how's about we see what the gov't and gov't school system is doing with them? Why don't we even stack the deck in your favor?
The state of Texas, relative to most other states, does well by its black and hispanic minorities, education-wise. Higher grad rates, better test scores, etc. Statistically significantly better than, say, states like Wisconsin & other super-majority white states with highly regarded gov't school systems.
But "better" is relative. Majority minority (& super-majority minority) districts do not graduate over half of freshmen who enter high school:
http://www.edweek.org/media/texas_eperc.pdf(page 5)
Dallas, Houston, Ft Worth, and San Antonio are the big urban (super-majority minority) districts(1) of note and fit this. You can bet the other districts with < 50% grad rates are, too. Dallas ISD is something around 95% NAM (Non-Asian Minority). Dallas still has a significant white & asian population, but only very, very few send their kids to DISD. The entire tax-paying class pays both property taxes (most of which go to DISD) and they pay private school tuition. Two dogs and a sheep deciding who pays for dinner.
Anyway, back in 2008, DISD spent ~$10500/student per year (2)...which makes it something less than $21000/high school student graduated per year (averaged out over the four years of HS if we include the costs of those who didn't graduate).
So, whatever the "roo_ster solution," it is a win if it can graduate more for the same amount of dollars or graduate the same proportion while spending less money.
Given the folks we know currently or recently taught in some of these districts, many of those being
educated housed have no desire to learn. "I just want to be a roofer like my dad(3)," is a common refrain and excuse for lack of effort. Merely letting those who don't want to be there leave would save money.
WIN! <fist pump>
OK, my solution? Let their parents pay for their kids' education. That way citizens don't have to pay the way for illegals and folks might have some incentive to refrain from birthing entire new generations of ignorant tax-consumers. (Who knows, if the parents are paying for it, they might begin to value it and motivate their kids.) When either kid or parent says, "No mas," let them enter the work force. If they don't like their station in life, they can go back for more schooling on their own dime.
(1) "But what about Austin," you might ask? Obviously I must be pulling something nefarious to exclude far-left "Berkeley on the Colorado." Well, not so much. Like most other places beloved by lefty hipsters (Portland, OR; Madison, WI) as wonderful places to live,
Austin is majority white. "Keep Austin Weird" means "keeping out the scary minorities," it looks like.
(2) Pano ISD, with test scores much, much better than DISD, spent $7500/student.
(3) "I'm going to have a baby and get a check" is another.