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Counselors, parents and students ask Del Valle ISD to adopt trauma-response protocol for immigration detentions
Summary
Public commenters and a high-school counselor told the Del Valle ISD board that recent immigration enforcement has left students frightened and distracted and urged the district to adopt a formal trauma-response plan that assigns support staff, lists legal and counseling resources, and trains teachers.
President Wagner opened the Nov. 4 special meeting of the Del Valle ISD Board of Trustees and invited public comment. Katrina Van Hooten Houghton, the first speaker, asked the board to develop a trauma-response protocol specifically for family separations caused by immigration enforcement, saying students are arriving to class “crying” and “terrified” and that staff currently respond inconsistently.
Amina Dosani, a counselor at Valley High…
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