ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS DOING WHAT MANY URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING AROUND THE U-S: SENDING LETTERS HOME WITH IMMIGRANT STUDENTS. SPOKESPERSON MONICA ARMENTA SAYS MANY OF THESE STUDENTS WERE ANXIOUS BEFORE DONALD TRUMP WAS ELECTED. NOW SCHOOL COUNSELING OFFICES REPORT STUDENTS ARE UPSET ABOUT HOW TRUMP’S DEPORTATION THREATS WILL IMPACT THEIR FAMILY LIFE.
LETTERS BEING SENT HOME TO PARENTS STRESS THE FOCUS ON ACADEMICS AT APS … THAT SCHOOLS ARE A SAFE HAVEN FOR STUDENTS … AND THAT PARENTS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON HOW MUCH THEIR CHILDREN WATCH OR LISTEN TO NEWS PROGRAMS.
