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Kenosha board to consider one-page “safe haven” resolution amid parent concerns about immigration enforcement
Summary
Board members agreed to place a shortened safe-haven resolution on the April 29 agenda and asked administration to develop related policies and procedures to guide staff responses if immigration or other state agencies seek to interview or remove people on school property.
The Kenosha School District Board of Education agreed Thursday to place a one-page “safe haven” resolution on the April 29 regular meeting agenda, saying the measure is intended to calm parents worried about immigration enforcement on or near school property.
The resolution, as presented by board member Missus Landry, would express the board’s support for work to develop district policy and procedures specifying how school staff should respond if federal immigration authorities or other state agencies seek access to nonpublic district property or attempt to question or detain students or family members.
The board’s discussion centered on practical steps the district could take now and later: Missus Landry…
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