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6A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 UNKNOWN from A1 “We have not had that experience, so it’s hard for me to speak to it to some degree,” Sullivan said in addressing questions sur- rounding the specifi c steps administration would take should ICE enter a district building. “Again, if some agent came in — or some entity came in — and asked for records or for a student, we send them down here (the district offi ce) as it says here. And I would go through and formalize. “And that’s anoth- er thing,” Sullivan continued. “I would ask is they let us know ahead of time because then we would go and, if it meets the criteria whether it’s DHS or some sort of entity whether it be immigration, we have to verify that and then our job is at that point is to notify parents and things like that — and we don’t do anything until we have that done.” Currently, Cottage Grove law enforcement does not aid federal authorities in apprehending individuals who may be undocument- ed. According to Captain Conrad Gagner of the Cot- tage Grove Police Depart- ment, that isn’t expected to change should Measure 105 pass. “If it does pass, my belief is that CGPD will continue conducting business as we currently do in accordance with the law. Th e repeal of the law likely would not mandate we do anything diff erent than we do now, even if allowed,” he wrote In the last days of the 2017-2018 school year, school board member Tam- my Hodgkinson brought forth an agenda item re- volving around equity in the school district and cre- ating a safe environment for all students. She acknowl- edged that the item was vague but it garnered sup- “The repeal of the law likely would not mandate we do anything diff erent than we do now, even if allowed.” — Capt. Conrad Gagner Coittage Grove Police Dept. in an email responding to questions concerning pos- sible changes in the depart- ment should Measure 105 pass. Th e measure has gar- nered the support of 16 sheriff s around the state. Lane County Sheriff Byron Trapp did not sign the letter of support. Resolution 17-15 states that, “the district will re- view and strengthen as needed, relevant policies, procedures and practices” related to the resolution and according to Sullivan, the school board will be discussing the issue. port from the remainder of the board. Sullivan said he suggested that before the board issue another proclamation, the district examine policies and procedures within the schools to ensure equity through reviewing current practices like restorative justice that requires stu- dents to talk through their confl ict with an administra- tor/mediator. In addressing whether or not the school board would take up the issue of immi- gration offi cials in district buildings again, Sullivan noted that he was looking into the issue. In April of last year when the board passed resolu- tion 17-15, it did so with the clarifi cation that South Lane School District would not be a sanctuary school district. A sanctuary school dis- trict designation argues that school districts do not have the legal authority to engage with federal immigration enforce- ment and do not co- operate with ICE to identify, detain or de- port undocumented individuals. “We do have to fol- low what our proce- dures are. We do have to contact, if they have a, and there’s some criteria in here, we can’t do a lot of things but if they have certain things, they may have a warrant or things like that…,” Sullivan said. When asked if ICE would be permitted to remove stu- dents from district build- ings with a warrant, Sulli- van said, “We’ve not gone that far, this is the scope of the discussion I know we did and since I wasn’t part of it, I reviewed this and like many other districts, we follow the Supreme Court case. Th ey may have had discussions, I don’t know.” South Lane School Dis- trict’s policy complies with state and federal law. BRIDGE from A1 grant-recipient. 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