Editorial: All Marin Students Must Feel Safe
By Marin IJ Editorial Board
Published: February 5 2025
Amid the White House’s promises of sweeping crackdowns on illegal immigrants, youngsters aren’t immune from feeling they and their families are being targeted.
They may be afraid to attend school.
They shouldn’t be.
Local public school officials are affirming their “sanctuary” status, declaring their campuses and their records as safe havens for their pupils and their families.
The declarations are a message to those children and their families that they should feel “valued, safe and supported” at their schools, as San Rafael Superintendent Carmen Diaz Ghysels said.
Regardless of their immigration documentation, children who reside in the district should be welcomed at local public schools and should feel safe there.
