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Kingston board refers proposed code-of-conduct change after string of student walkouts over ICE concerns
Summary
After multiple public comments from students and parents about ICE presence and walkouts, the Kingston City School District board moved a proposed amendment about protest-related absences to the code-of-conduct committee and scheduled committee work within 30 days. Students called for transparency and clearer protections.
Scores of parents and students pressed the Board of Education of the KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT on student protests and immigration-enforcement activity during public comment, and trustees moved a proposed change to the district code of conduct into committee for further work.
Student and parent voices dominated the evening. Dylan Paul, a parent of a Kingston High junior, praised students who walked out in protest and criticized what he described as threats of punishment: "you will be punished with 3 days of ISS," he said, urging the district to invite students into dialogue rather than intimidate them. A…
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