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Holyoke schools issue memo to ease immigrant‑family anxiety; committee records statement received
Summary
Superintendent Anthony Soto described a memo and joint statement intended to reassure newcomer families and staff about immigration‑related rights and to reduce absenteeism; the joint committee recorded the district memo and mayoral statement as received.
The joint committee discussed a joint statement from Mayor Garcia and Superintendent Anthony Soto affirming immigrants’ rights and a superintendent memo intended to ease anxiety among newcomer families and instruct staff on how to respond to inquiries about immigration enforcement.
Superintendent Anthony Soto said the memo’s immediate goals were to reassure families and staff amid “a lot of misinformation” and to reduce chronic absenteeism. “Our chronic absenteeism is, you know, almost 50 percent,” Soto said, adding that the district has had a marked increase in newcomer families this year — “over 100 this year,” he…
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