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Kingston board hears immigration safety pleas; refers NEA model resolution to policy committee
Summary
Community members urged the Kingston City School District board to adopt stronger protections for immigrant students after reported federal enforcement activity; the board referred a model NEA resolution to its policy committee for review.
Community members and advocacy groups pressed the Kingston City School District Board of Education on immigration enforcement and student safety during public comment, and trustees voted to send an NEA model school-board resolution on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the district policy committee for review.
Speakers at the Sept. 3 meeting described morning enforcement activity in Kingston and urged the board to adopt a formal resolution and implement specific protections, including “Know Your Rights” training for adults in schools and clearer messaging for families. Daniel Woodham, a caseworker with the Ulster Immigrant Defense Network, said he was “coming to represent the voice of people that aren’t here” and asked the district to provide clear, multilingual assurances that “the bus is safe. The school is safe.”
The issue drew responses from a dozen public commenters, including members of Ulster Rapid Response and Family of…
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