A quarter of a Mississippi school district's Hispanic students were absent the day after an immigration raid

Of the Scott County School District's 560 Hispanic or Latino students, 154 were absent from school Thursday, the district superintendent said.

Of the Scott County School District's 560 Hispanic or Latino students, 154 were absent from school Thursday, Superintendent Tony McGee said.Attendance improved a day later. Fifty Hispanic or Latino students missed school on Friday, McGee said.The reasons for each school absence weren't immediately clear.

Another school district was put on a 'soft lockdown'In Forest, schools were on a"soft lockdown" as a safety precaution Friday because the district received suspicious phone calls after the raids, a school official said in a recorded voice message sent to parents.The district received the calls Friday morning, and they were reported to authorities, Forest Municipal School District Superintendent Karen Norwood said in the message.

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