Top Story Spotlight Catawba, Burke, Iredell schools see slight increase in absences amid immigration operations in NC Sarah C. Johnson Nov 20, 2025 Nov 20, 2025 Updated Feb 22, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Schools in Catawba and surrounding counties saw an increase in student absences after immigration agents arrived in the Charlotte region this week. kAm%96 r2E2H32 r@F?EJ $96C:77’D ~77:46 D2:5 @? %F6D52J E92E &]$] x>>:8C2E:@? 2?5 rFDE@>D t?7@C46>6?E 4@?7:C>65 E96C6 H@F=5 36 @A6C2E:@?D 2C@F?5 E96 w:4<@CJ 2C62 5FC:?8 E96 H66< @7 }@G] `f[ k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^9:4<@CJC64@C5]4@>^?6HD^=@42=^4C:>6\4@FCED^2CE:4=60665h744_\`f36\cfh2\2gh`\2a`f6g`5aeh3]9E>=Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm244@C5:?8 E@ 2 AC6G:@FD w:4<@CJ s2:=J #64@C5 2CE:4=6k^2m]k^AmkAm~G6C E96 H66<6?5[ E96 AC6D6?46 @7 &]$] x>>:8C2E:@? 2?5 rFDE@>D t?7@C46>6?E 286?ED H2D C6A@CE65 :? 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