Madera Unified responds to substitute teacher's immigration comments

MADERA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Madera Unified initiated an probe aft students reported a substitute teacher making immigration-related comments during class.

Principal Sabrina Rodriguez astatine Matilda Torres High School sent a connection to parents, saying a substitute teacher engaged successful a governmental treatment with students connected topics related to migration and immigrants.

During this discussion, the substitute teacher allegedly expressed their views related to these topics - views the territory says bash not align with theirs oregon the school.

Part of the connection sent to parents connected Monday reads:

As soon arsenic students raised concerns, our schoolhouse administrators took contiguous enactment to code the concern and guarantee a harmless and supportive learning situation for all. School medication worked intimately with the territory bureau to analyse the matter. We are pursuing established investigative and unit processes to behaviour a just and thorough reappraisal based connected evidence.

The schoolhouse continues connected to accidental idiosyncratic authorities of adults person "no spot successful our classrooms." The Madera Unified District agreed, adding "Our classrooms are intended to beryllium inclusive spaces guided by California State Standards successful a nonpartisan manner."

Madera Unified besides says "Students were encouraged to scope retired to their counsellor oregon an head if they needed immoderate benignant of support" pursuing the incident.

The individuality of the substitute teacher is chartless astatine this time.