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Board members ask about protocols for students and families if ICE appears on campus
Summary
Board members raised questions about district protocols if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were to visit campus or remove a parent/caregiver; staff said there are no such incidents "at this time" and the board asked how the district would support affected students.
Board members asked whether the McComb School District has protocols for handling visits by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and for supporting students whose parents or caregivers might be taken into custody. Unidentified Speaker 1 asked directly about procedures for students if "ICE come to our campus or our student" and whether the district was aware of any instances where parents had been taken away. Speaker 2 replied, "So far, I'm ignoring that you're not at this time. Not at this time."
Speaker 1 pressed the board on how the district helps students deal with such situations; the transcript records the question but does not show a detailed explanation or a staff presentation about concrete support measures or written protocols within the portion of the record provided.
The transcript names a student demographic count—Speaker 1 referenced the district having "85 Latino students"—and framed the question in light of that composition. The record does not show further follow-up or a formal directive to draft or present an ICE-response protocol in the excerpt provided.
