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Like a lot of middle schools, Bret Harte’s hallways carry with them the faint scent of Axe Body Spray and the sounds of kids shuffling to class. The school sits in the middle of Oakland, nestled below the big Mormon Temple. Outside, backpacks dangle from a tall, chain-link fence encircling a busy baseball diamond.
It’s hard not to notice, too, that plastered everywhere are posters reading “Refugees are Welcome Here” and “We All Belong Here and Defend Each Other.” Katherine Wolfe, the director of Bret Harte’s newcomer program, says those posters communicate an important message. |