Many of the thousands of migrants coming into Colorado have children who made the journey with them— in Denver, a school nurse is helping them find their way.
DENVER — When families traverse several borders and treacherous landscapes to come to the United States seeking a better life, they often find themselves in cities like Denver with people like Eileen Schwartz to help them.
"You start the school year and you think maybe you're going to have 370 students and then within the first month and a half of school, you have an additional, you know, 50 or 60 students," Schwartz said.has identified 10 schools across the district that have seen a large influx of migrant students who just arrived in Denver, including Bryant Webster.
"You know, for me, like yesterday, a teacher just reached out, I think the end of the school day with concern about hey, maybe the student have had frostbite and, you know, I, I was like, my gosh, yeah. That is another thing that needs to be on our radar because these kids some of them are spending the night, some of them outside," Schwartz said.
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