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Students and community groups press Vancouver schools for protections after ICE activity, list concrete demands
Summary
Student organizers and community groups told the board that large student walkouts protested recent ICE enforcement; they urged the district to adopt policies such as excused absence extensions, "know your rights" trainings, strengthened hate-and-bias protocols, alerts when enforcement is near school grounds, and increased campus security.
Student organizers and community advocates used the public-comment period to press Vancouver Public Schools to take immediate steps to protect immigrant students after recent immigration-enforcement activity.
An unnamed student speaker said there were "huge student walkouts" across Evergreen and Vancouver districts and proposed actions including classroom instruction about rights when confronted by ICE agents, and expanded…
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