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Parents urge safer student transit and district support for immigrant staff and families during public comment
Summary
During the public comment period, parents raised concerns about high-school students riding Metro Transit without age-appropriate safeguards and urged the district to survey families and consider alternate arrangements; SPFE speakers also asked the board to formalize immigrant staff protections and a standing immigrant defense committee.
Several community members used the board’s public comment period to raise safety and equity concerns about district transportation and to press the board to do more to protect immigrant families and staff.
Rachel Barrows Tollman, a parent, said many high-school students must navigate Metro Transit ‘‘as minors’’ and reported instances of harassment and safety concerns at bus stops and on buses. She asked the board to reassess reliance…
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