An Oregon school board reverses course on a pledge to support immigrant students

How PPSD is responding to potential immigration enforcement in local schools

At a Feb. 26 Providence School Board meeting, the Providence Public School District's legal counsel presented strategies for cooperating with immigration enforcement on school grounds. This comes after Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha and the Rhode Island Department of Education released guidelines protecting immigrant students' rights on Jan. 27.On Jan. 20, the Trump administration rescinded previous policies that protected "sensitiv…

Woodburn School Board narrowly approves ‘Safe and Welcoming Schools’ resolution at tense board meeting

The Woodburn School District now has a ‘Safe and Welcoming Schools’ resolution that reaffirms student protections, regardless of immigration status. But the narrowly approved resolution comes after two weeks of community pressure and a couple hours of tears, protests and calls for resignations during Tuesday night’s school board meeting.The “Reaffirming Safe and Welcoming Schools for All” resolution says Woodburn schools should be welcome places…

An Oregon school board reverses course on a pledge to support immigrant students

School board members in Woodburn voted to supported a resolution expressing support for the privacy and rights of immigrant and refugee students.

RRES Students Show Improvement Within The Year - Rogue River Press

During the January Rogue River School Board meeting, Superintendent Patrick Lee asked Rogue River Elementary School Principal Ashtyn James to show what she and her school had been doing this year after she presented data showing greater academic achievement than the Oregon Department of Education’s At A Glance data page had shown in November. “Last month, I shared you our data from the previous years and where we were at, at the beginning of the…

Evergreen school board unanimously approves resolution protecting students from immigration enforcement on campus

After a month of deliberating and considering student feedback, Evergreen Public Schools’ board on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution protecting students from immigration enforcement on campus.

Seattle Central’s policy on protecting students from immigration enforcement - The Seattle Collegian

Following President Trump’s inauguration, there have been unconfirmed reported sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the Seattle area, allegedly entering businesses and other public places to detain undocumented individuals. These reports led to concerns among students and faculty at Seattle Central College about the possibility of ICE agents entering campus in search of undocumented students. Fortunately, there a…