The Cincinnati Public Schools superintendent spoke about the district’s policy if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement showed up at schools.Shauna Murphy said the CPS Board of Education came up with an anti-racism policy and an equity policy, which she said embraces any student that comes through their doors.On Tuesday, Murphy said that due to the district’s policies, a parent would have to give consent for any adult to come into the building a speak to a child. Without that consent, district leaders will not let it happen.Murphy said she met with Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey and different groups that say they support the immigrant community in Cincinnati.They came together to reassure the immigrant community and to emphasize that they are committed to keeping them safe.“Our children are afraid, our families are afraid, our staff, we are afraid and deeply concerned,” Murphy said. “I think that initial day there was a dip in our attendance. It has since come back up, to where we were pretty much averaging, and I think that’s a result of us letting them know that we’re here to support them and wrap our arms around them.”According to data from the 2023 US Census, 6.8 percent of Cincinnati’s population is made up of people who are from outside of the U.S.Pureval said last month that he believes the immigration raids seen across the country are imminent in Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Public Schools superintendent spoke about the district’s policy if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement showed up at schools.
Shauna Murphy said the CPS Board of Education came up with an anti-racism policy and an equity policy, which she said embraces any student that comes through their doors.
On Tuesday, Murphy said that due to the district’s policies, a parent would have to give consent for any adult to come into the building a speak to a child. Without that consent, district leaders will not let it happen.
Murphy said she met with Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey and different groups that say they support the immigrant community in Cincinnati.
They came together to reassure the immigrant community and to emphasize that they are committed to keeping them safe.
“Our children are afraid, our families are afraid, our staff, we are afraid and deeply concerned,” Murphy said. “I think that initial day there was a dip in our attendance. It has since come back up, to where we were pretty much averaging, and I think that’s a result of us letting them know that we’re here to support them and wrap our arms around them.”
According to data from the 2023 US Census, 6.8 percent of Cincinnati’s population is made up of people who are from outside of the U.S.
Pureval said last month that he believes the immigration raids seen across the country are imminent in Cincinnati.
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