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Students in Fresno Unified went back to school earlier this month amid concerns that fears of mass deportations would keep several pupils of immigrant families from attending class.
Officials of California’s third-largest school district have braced for the potential that worried families would keep a significant portion of students home, further increasing Fresno Unified’s already high rate rates of chronic absenteeism. A recent Stanford University study found a rise in Central Valley student absences following the January surprise immigration raid in Kern County…