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Candidates discuss school-to-prison pipeline, student safety, and supports for immigrant students
Summary
Forum candidates said preventing the school-to-prison pipeline requires early social‑emotional supports, community partnerships and careful use of law enforcement; they also described school practices to protect immigrant students and noted Albany’s sanctuary-city context.
Candidates responded to questions about the school-to-prison pipeline, interactions with law enforcement in schools and district protections for immigrant students.
On the pipeline, candidates emphasized early intervention and social-emotional supports. Sreedhar Chitoor and Edith Leet said many issues begin outside school and called for community partnerships…
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