“When we say all of our kids, let’s make sure that we’re saying all of our kids,” says a state school board committee member, “and not just the kids that already are protected through the systems.”
Almost 1 in 5 Utah students are Latino, according to state education data, making them the second-largest demographic group after white students.
With the success he’s seen in the organization, Enriquez believes the state board should support programs like Latinos in Action that help Latino youth develop academic skills for success. and Latino students being “ostracized in their own schools” by not participating in extracurriculars or going on to college.
The progress of that group is what inspired Enriquez to create the Latinos in Action organization, to “create our own pipeline of heroes” in schools throughout the state. “Every time that the board comes together, I just keep thinking, ‘You know, in theory, sure. In theory, all these [ideas] are great,” said Estrada, a former educator at the bilingual Dual Immersion Academy who now works with youth development organization Campfire National. “But that is not true for every student, not just in Utah, but everywhere.”
Estrada told the board that in a perfect world, families would read the survey and want their children to answer the survey honestly.
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