Valencia is among a handful of public schools dedicated to helping some of the thousands of children who arrive in the U.S. each year. The schools aren’t necessarily in cities with more refugees, but where officials take the initiative to create them.
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Since fall 2018, the public school has welcomed students from countries including Myanmar, Eritrea, Indonesia, Afghanistan and Cuba for an extra year of attention before transferring to mainstream schools. This year’s kindergarten through eighth-grade students come from 21 countries and speak 15 languages.
Gov. Doug Ducey hasn’t weighed in yet on President Donald Trump’s executive order allowing states and cities to reject refugees. At least five states have signaled they will accept refugees, and no governor has said they plan to keep them out. Several agencies sued last week seeking to halt the order.
Immigrants and other children newly arrived from abroad can attend newcomer schools if they need help with basic English, including those born in the U.S., taken out of the country and returned. There are often huge challenges for children who trudged across several countries, lived in camps or witnessed extreme violence.
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