Immigration raid a crisis school hadn't planned for
"At Heritage Hill Elementary, where 65 percent of the students are Hispanic, the first day of school was nearly a crisis.
That day, Aug. 28, immigration agents raided Koch Foods, a poultry packing plant in Fairfield, and arrested 161 suspected illegal immigrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Peru and other countries.
Tianay Outlaw, principal at Heritage Hill, knew that some of her 310 students would be affected. With 45 percent of her students designated as "limited English proficient," Outlaw feared some youngster would be related to the detained workers."
DENISE SMITH AMOS in the Cincinnati Enquirer.