A charter school in Douglas County says it is scrambling to staff a 5th-grade classroom after its teacher was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents over the weekend. A staff member says the educator’s abrupt absence posed “unique challenges.”
The educator was in her first full year of teaching at Global Village Academy in Parker, after previously working there as a substitute, said staff, who did not provide the teacher’s name.
“We are aware of the situation involving one of our teachers who, along with her family members including minor children, were detained by Immigration & Customs Enforcement and transferred to an ICE detention facility in Texas over the weekend,” Global Village Academy said in a statement…