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Students urge board to enforce club supervision after pro‑ICE poster on campus
Summary
Student speakers told the Beaumont Unified School District board that a pro‑ICE poster displayed by a club disrupted learning and made immigrant students feel unsafe, and they asked the board to hold clubs and advisors accountable while staff said the district is reviewing the situation.
Cambria Denton, a junior at Beaumont High School, told the board on Jan. 27 that signage displayed by a student club during a school activity included messages reading "I support ICE" and "abortion is murder," and she said those signs created a hostile environment that disrupted learning.
"Hate speech should not be loud on campus," Denton said, adding that clubs and their advisors must be held to district standards. She cited the Beaumont Unified School District policy that prohibits discrimination, harassment,…
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