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Community groups and superintendent urge protections for immigrant students after classroom privacy concerns
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A series of community speakers at the Baltimore County Public Schools board meeting on Feb. 11 pressed the district to adopt clearer policies, staff training and multilingual communications to protect immigrant students and families after an Overlea High School teacher publicly offered to share student names with ICE, according to several speakers.
A series of community speakers at the Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) board meeting on Feb. 11 pressed the school system to adopt clearer policies, staff training and multilingual communications to protect immigrant students and families.
Edwin Perez, chair of the Multilingual Community Partnership, said schools must ensure student privacy and provide multilingual communication channels, and urged “extensive training for all school staff on the rights of immigrant students and families.” Lisa Los Santos, director of Casa Baltimore Central Maryland, said a recent incident at Overlea High School — where a teacher publicly offered to share students’ names with Immigration and Customs Enforcement — made urgent the need for district-wide…
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