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Parents, educators urge St. Paul Public Schools to expand protections after ICE activity
Summary
Community members and union representatives urged St. Paul Public Schools to formalize supports for immigrant students and staff after reported ICE activity near school sites; the board amended the agenda to add a district ICE-response update, and Superintendent Stacy Stanley described temporary virtual-learning options and community partnerships.
St. Paul — Parents, union members and community advocates pressed the St. Paul Public Schools board on Tuesday to do more to protect immigrant students and staff after reported Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity near school sites.
Ally Kildall, a member of the Saint Paul Federation of Educators's Immigration Defense Committee, thanked the district and union for a memorandum of agreement and outlined five explicit requests: establish a standing interdisciplinary committee for immigrant families and staff, create centralized mutual-aid funds and transparent request procedures, suspend attendance robocalls for affected students, require site-level safety plans, and provide staff guidance on secure communication apps. "These are unprecedented and trying times," Kildall said, urging the district to reduce community fear and confusion.
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