BATON ROUGE – Student attendance fell dramatically following the federal immigration sweep that began in Baton Rouge earlier this month; however, many of those students are starting to return to class, according to The Advocate.
Attendance originally declined in public schools with large amounts of Hispanic students and students who aren’t native English speakers.
East Baton Rouge Parish is the second-largest traditional school district in the state and the largest in the capital region, teaching more than 38,000 students, with about 15% of those students being Hispanic. Along with having the highest percentage of Hispanic students, the region also has the highest percentage of students who aren’t native English speakers at 10%…