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LAUSD Expands Safe Zones Around 100 Schools After Disabled Student’s Detention

Local leaders will share alerts on federal enforcement near campuses without assisting agents to help prevent fear-driven attendance declines

A sign at the Los Angeles Unified School District Transportation Services near district headquarters in Los Angeles, California on January 9, 2019. – Teachers in the nation’s second largest school district have postponed a potential strike planned for January 10 to January 14. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Unrelated photo of federal agents stage at MacArthur Park Monday, July 7, 2025, in Los Angeles.
Arleta High School, as seen on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025.
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Overview

  • Border Patrol agents handcuffed a 15-year-old student with significant disabilities outside Arleta High School on August 11 and released him after family members and school police intervened.
  • School police, staff and community volunteers will establish protective perimeters around more than 100 campuses when classes begin on Thursday.
  • The district has distributed family preparedness packs, rerouted bus services, created a compassion fund and deployed crisis teams and mental health professionals to support vulnerable families.
  • Mayor Karen Bass and LAUSD officials confirmed that local and school police will share information about immigration raids without aiding federal agents.
  • The Department of Homeland Security defended recent operations as targeting criminal noncitizens, while community leaders warn that continued raids could heighten fear and depress attendance among immigrant families.