Hillsborough schools: The welcome mat is out for displaced students from Puerto Rico
TAMPA — Students from Puerto Rico and other islands ravaged by recent hurricanes are welcome in Hillsborough County. It says so at the top of the district website, in Spanish.
And now it's a message that has been passed to the principals of the district's more than 240 schools, in writing last week and verbally at Tuesday's School Board meeting.
"They should be welcome in our schools and every effort should be made to enroll the students on the same day," superintendent Jeff Eakins said.
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