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Parents, teachers urge Seattle schools to help halt deportation and bolster safety after local ICE activity
Summary
At the Dec. 10 Seattle Public Schools board meeting, parents and educators urged the district to intervene in a pending deportation, strengthen supports for impacted students, and address safety in South Seattle neighborhoods after recent shootings. Speakers asked the district to provide legal aid, clearer communications, and training for staff.
Dozens of parents, teachers and students told the Seattle Public Schools board on Dec. 10 that the district must do more to protect families facing deportation and to address escalating neighborhood violence that is disrupting students’ learning.
“My name is Darlik Calderon and my children are Jafer, Di, and Yam. We came to this country in August 2021 fleeing my country Guatemala because of death threats against me and my children,” one woman said in Spanish during public testimony read aloud at the meeting. She asked the district and Rainier Beach community to “stop the deportation of me and my two children.” (Testimony read by Hania.)
Teachers and school staff described the classroom consequences…
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