Students demand action from school board: How will you protect us?

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A group of students and graduates want the Salem-Keizer School Board to do more to protect and help immigrant students in Salem-Keizer Public Schools.

“You guys get mad when we decide to march, to sit-in, to speak up for ourselves and others, but when we die, you guys become silent,” one graduate told the board.

“And when approached about the topic, all you seem to say is ‘that’s sad’ and ‘I’m sorry,’ as if your ‘sorry’ really does or means something.”

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Published by Natalie Pate

Natalie Pate is a journalist and author based in Salem, Oregon. She has written about education and other topics throughout the Pacific Northwest for more than eight years. She is originally from Colorado and earned her B.A. in Politics and French from Willamette University.

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