Bay Area Schools Prepare to Help Afghan Refugees

As a caller question of Afghan refugees statesman settling successful the Bay Area, section schoolhouse districts are rapidly making plans for integrating exile children into the classrooms. 

The Fremont Unified School District, location to 1 of the largest Afghan populations successful the country, is preparing  for the challenge. 

“When we saw turmoil successful Afghanistan, our unit instantly started gathering resources and started to statesman putting unneurotic a web of enactment for families that mightiness beryllium coming to us,” said Superintendent Christopher 'CJ' Cammack.

He added the refugees tin expect resources specified arsenic translators readily disposable from the district’s divers staff. 

The superintendent said connection acquisition would beryllium the apical precedence for the caller students and the operation volition beryllium antithetic depending connected the developmental level of the child.

“They would beryllium successful the aforesaid schoolroom arsenic the different students,” said Cammack. “They whitethorn person further enactment successful English connection improvement but they’ll person the aforesaid curriculum, aforesaid classroom. And we’ll find materials translated into their location language.”

As for however existent students volition accommodate to the caller students from Afghanistan, that’s a acquisition taught some astatine schoolhouse and astatine home. 

“Not justice radical by their colour arsenic agelong arsenic they’re a bully person, they’re getting along, it’s bully for him, it’s bully for them,” said parent Tanya Ohri.

“The connection to nonstop to our assemblage is ‘welcome them with unfastened arms with grace and empathy,’” said Cammack.