September+5,+2012

** September 5, 2012 ** ** HS 8:00 – 11:30, MS 9:30 – 1:00 ** ** AGENDA **
 * Secondary Counselors’ Meeting **

High School
 * Class rank
 * Talking Points English
 * Talking Points Spanish
 * Colleges/Universities Charts (Admissions and Scholarships)
 * GT scheduling reminder
 * Generate list in Skyward – Data Mining
 * Must be in GT section of courses for areas in which they are identified (minimum of 3 in a group)
 * Teachers of GT students must document training in gifted education
 * GenTX
 * Week – October 1-5
 * Day – Friday, May 3rd
 * Problem solving
 * Challenges of Guthrie scheduling
 * Support on the "T" of T-2-4
 * Optional PSAT – October 20th (guest, Barbara Cofer)
 * Registration Form
 * Other
 * National Merit Prep pilot - PSAT Scholars Course for Juniors at NHS, SWHS, WAIS (invitation only)
 * Shmoop (PSAT, SAT, ACT, AP Exam prep)
 * Student Log-in
 * Teacher Log-in

Joint
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Immigration - Deferred Action Policy (guest, Jill Davis, Clinical Supervising Attorney, UH Law Center Immigration Clinic)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - click here for Power Point
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">doesn't require an attorney unless they have issues
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Notario fraud - notaries that tell parents they are immigration attorneys, important to differentiate
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Vocabulary
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Undocumented - entered the US illegally (including overstaying visitor visa)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Legal Permanent Resident - Green Card, legally immigrated to the US
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Family Petition System is the most common way to get a Green Card, relative sponsors someone (parent, sibling, spouse) (sibling request from Mexico is 16 year wait)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">If here illegally, must leave before can get a Green Card
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">If marry citizen, most often have to leave before get through all the steps (2.5 year wait for those from Mexico)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Refugee
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Asylum seeker
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Naturalization - process of becoming a citizen after having Green Card 5 years (shorter wait if married)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">ICE - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (immigration police)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Immigration Court
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">after picked up by ICE and put in detention, can bond out
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">then go before this court to fight deportation (such as with the deferred action)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">if you don't show up, you can be deported in absentia
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">if parents don't show up, parents and children are ordered deported
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">if picked up for any reason, the deportation order will still be there no matter how long ago
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Deportation - removal to the home country, no notification of where you'll be dropped off, though for children they try to arrange someone to drop off with via the CPS of that country
 * Immigrants are not entitled to a free attorney
 * hire an attorney ($5000-$6000)
 * find a pro bono attorney (UH Law Clinic and 2 other organizations)
 * represent yourself
 * Deferred Action Policy
 * Dream Act never passed - designed to allow children who were born here and went to college to get on a track to a Green Card
 * DACA - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
 * those who arrive here before age 16 and attended high school or graduated from high school and under age 31 can apply for deferred action for 2 years
 * Presidential policy about enforcing immigration laws
 * must never have been in legal trouble
 * What it is not
 * Amnesty - don't get a Green Card
 * Legal Permanent Resident - can apply for work authorization but it is not a Green Card
 * Citizenship - not a legal resident
 * Legal Status - simply that the government will hold off reporting you
 * Ability to travel freely in and out of US - can do that with Green Card but not in this case, must apply for permission to travel
 * What it is
 * Ability to remain in the US without being deported for 2 years
 * Apply for renewal after 2 years
 * Ability to apply for work authorization
 * have to show economic necessity on the application form
 * what are your annual expenses and your annual income
 * most high school kids can show necessity
 * place on application for essay to state your case
 * Guidelines - must prove each of these with documentation
 * under age of 31 on June 15, 2012
 * came to the US before age 16
 * continual residence in US since June 15, 2007
 * physically in the US on June 15, 2012 and at the time of the deferral request
 * must be undocumented (visa expired before the policy was announced)
 * currently in school, graduated from HS, have GED, or honorable military discharge
 * requesting documentation of enrollment
 * no convictions (felony, significant misdemeanor, 3+ misdemeanors, no gang affiliation - juvenile offenses may still apply but application can be denied) - all juvenile offenses must be disclosed and make the case
 * may need letters of support - someone who can speak to "good moral character", what is the student involved in, grades, goals, past accomplishment, college recommendation letter, address to USCIS
 * show they are a good person and how long they've been here
 * significant misdemeanor includes: family violence, DWI, drug distribution, burglary, firearm offense
 * drug charges (possession of marijuana) - need to be referred to an attorney so the student makes the decision after hearing the risks of the case
 * Who can apply
 * never been in removal
 * currently in removal proceedings
 * have a final removal order
 * have voluntary departure orde
 * IF THEY HAVE EVER HAD RUN IN WITH IMMIGRATION (been in removal proceedings in the past or currently) - SHOULD CONSULT AN ATTORNEY - want to be cautious if they have a deportation order
 * must be at least 15
 * What if I left the US during the 5 years
 * a brief, causal, and innocent absence - must show evidence that the absence was short and reasonably calculated to accomplish the purpose of the absence (vacation, visit to family, sick relative)
 * if deported, cannot apply (federal criminal law to return after deportation)
 * Forms
 * Form I-821D - The actual application
 * Form I-765 & I-765 - Show economic necessity
 * www.uscis.gov/forms (or call 800-870-3676)
 * can do the forms on your own, but VERY IMPORTANT to be truthful
 * Documentation - photocopies of everything
 * all foreign language docs must have English translation
 * need a photo ID (like school ID) and birth certificate, or consular ID, or passport
 * sealed and unofficial transcript
 * must prove you were here on the 15th - bank account charge, summer school, cell phone record - something that shows they were here
 * www.uscis.gove/childhoodarrivals have examples of evidence listed
 * Fees
 * $465 for the employment authorization
 * only waiver is significant disability
 * Process
 * will have fingerprinting and background check appointment
 * may ask for additional information
 * may ask for an interview
 * Risks
 * This is a PERSONAL DECISION
 * Relief is discretionary
 * Can be revoked at any time
 * Any indication of fraud could start deportation or criminal charges
 * No guarantees what will happen after the Presidential election
 * Only have the funds to deport 10% of those detained, so don't expect mass deportation after election or policy change
 * Takes about 6-7 months for the work authorization to take place
 * Can be revoked at any time
 * U Visa
 * suffered substantial physical or mental abuse as a result of being a victim of specific types of crime
 * UH Law Center works on these
 * path to a Green Card
 * Violence Against Women Act
 * victims of domestic violence are eligible if perpetrator had a Green Card
 * path to a Green Card
 * Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
 * unmarried & under 21
 * dependent on juvenile court or in state custody
 * due to abuse, neglect, abandonment cannot be returned to parents
 * not in the child's best interest to return to home country
 * must start proceedings before age 18
 * 8 things every undocumented youth should know
 * do NOT sign any papers from immigration authorities without understanding it
 * stay out of trouble with the law
 * if charged with a crime, be sure your lawyer knows your immigration status
 * each time you cross the border you are creating risks and problems for when you try for legalization later
 * if working, pay taxes
 * register for selective service if male and 18
 * having a child will not help you become legal (child can petition for you once they are 21 years old, then there's a wait)
 * don't lie and say you are a citizen if you're not
 * SB 1528 - Applying for College
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">NewFuturo (guest, Jo Ann Santiago, NewFuturo)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Bullying (HB 1942)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Procedures for reporting
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Available counseling options (for each party)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Meetings and Professional Development
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">October 10th – full day meeting, Dr. Klussmann speaking
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Professional Development
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">November 8th – Donna Clark Love – bullying
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">December 6th – Bo’s Place – grief counseling
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">January 10th – TBD – potentially self-harm

Middle School
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Curriculum for human sexuality (guest, Rebecca Fuchs)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">GT scheduling reminder
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Generate list in Skyward – Data Mining
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Must be in GT section of courses for areas in which they are identified (minimum of 3 in a group)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Teachers of GT students must document training in gifted education
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">GenTX
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Week – October 1-5
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Day – Friday, May 3rd
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tw Cen MT','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Problem solving