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Good morning, readers.

At a meeting with hundreds of educators in October, Riverside High School teacher Allison Swaim asked staff to raise their hands if they had been trained on what to do if federal immigration agents show up at their school.

Almost no one raised their hand.

Teachers like Swaim (and some parents) say they’re disappointed by the lack of information from superintendent Anthony Lewis; He’s argued that keeping quiet is the best way to keep students safe.

“I will not put any student or any family or this district or this county in jeopardy by having a conversation like this that’s being broadcast and recorded,” Lewis said later in the meeting when he asked educators to cut the livestream. “I simply will not do that.”

As a politically progressive district with large immigrant and non-white populations, Durham’s public school community has been on edge since well before the federal immigration enforcement sweeps in the Triangle last month.

But school board members and administrators are trying to figure out how much they can really do to protect students without legal risk—or putting an even bigger target on one of the South’s most liberal areas.

With the board set to vote on a policy this week, I’ve got a story out today about the past two months of discussions and meetings, many of which have gone previously unreported.

Check it out below, and have a good Monday.

—Chase

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