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Film shines light on one school’s struggle to accommodate flood of new immigrants

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15min 45sec
Courtesy Anna Alejo
Soledad Montecino is a first grade teacher at McMeen Eleementary.

McMeen Elementary knows first-hand what it's like to absorb some of the thousands of Venezuelan and other new immigrants who arrived in Denver this schol year. The school is a magnet for immigrants – boasting students from 25 countries. A new film, “McMeen in the Middle, Denver’s Migrant Crisis,” profiles the real-life challenges for these new students and their families and the burden felt by teachers, DPS administrators and the community in meeting the needs of the newcomers.