Nicole Brady is a Denver7 weekday morning anchor.
Colorado’s San Luis Valley is home to many people who can trace their roots back generations. State representative Matthew Martinez, a seventh-generation Coloradan, is one of them.The San Luis Valley is an area steeped in culture and history. But history can be forgotten, like it was in a case generating renewed interest more than 100 years later. In 1908, the Alamosa school board built what was known as the “Mexican school” for students of Spanish and Mexican descent in the area.
“There happened to be a random mention of Alamosa, Colorado, and I'm paraphrasing here but it said, 'Mexican citizens in Alamosa, Colorado are fighting for educational rights,'” Guzmán explained.“In 1912, you have a change in policy regarding that school where the school board decides that regardless of English proficiency or any language proficiency, anyone that has been identified as being Mexican American or of Mexican descent has to go to that school,” Guzmán said.
In 1914, a district court judge ruled that families must be allowed to attend the school closest to them. The school board did not challenge the decision, although Guzmán said it’s hard to know what happened after that because documents have been lost. Representative Martinez thinks it’s important for families in the San Luis Valley and beyond to learn about the case.
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