Some high schools in the San Diego Unified School District now have a place for new immigrant students to get help navigating their new surroundings.
Some high schools in the San Diego Unified School District now offer spaces where new immigrant students can get help navigating their new surroundings. KPBS reporter Alexander Nguyen shows us today’s grand opening of the Newcomer Welcome Center at Crawford High School.’s Newcomer Welcome Center at Crawford High School officially opened Friday with dance and a ribbon cutting.
With more than 75 languages spoken across the district and roughly 1,500 to 3,000 new immigrant students each year, San Diego Unified interim Superintendent Fabiola Bagula said these centers help make these students and their families feel supported and cared for."San Diego and San Diego Unified carries the profound responsibility of being, not just a border city, but a place of refuge and possibility," she said.
Marissa Alan, SDUSD's senior director of the multilingual education department, said the centers' purpose is to help students and families integrate into the community.
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