Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools returned to class Monday after Border Patrol agents descended on the region for a weekend of arrests, with no clear sign about when the activity might end.
Agents wearing green and brown uniforms with masks covering their faces spread out across Charlotte and area towns, raising fear in the region’s immigrant community. Across social media, parents expressed concern about sending their children to school.
But the district posted a message on its social media accounts Sunday night that “schools will operate on a normal in-person schedule.” There hasn’t been Border Patrol activity on CMS property and the district hasn’t received any notice “that such actions are planned.” It attracted comments and criticism from parents — some of whom noted that school campuses weren’t the locations they worried most about…