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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't know that.  Thanks for the info.

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disgusting vulture who wants to see the D.G. General kids served well by DCPS, along with other in-boundary kids
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If that is what you want, I'd suggest not saying things like "Will Payne finally turn?" which implies that the reason that has not happened is that the D.C. General kids who go there are preventing that "turning" and that when they go elsewhere, it will happen.

To answer your question more specifically, children who are homeless - which is not a designation that just anyone can claim, you have to actually be homeless and receiving services - have certain educational guarantees. The right to attend the school that their temporary housing is zoned for, as well as the right to stay in their previous school despite moving out of the boundary, are two of those rights. There is also transportation assistance available, school supply assistance, uniform assistance, etc. These things are guaranteed under the McKinney-Vento Act, which is the general legislation describing homeless services.

I have my own concerns, as someone who works with homeless families, about dropping a bunch of kids who need special services into a school that is not accustomed to providing those services. Our EOTP school has several shelters within its boundary (smaller family shelters, transitional family housing, etc.), and last year, we hired an extra social worker because we needed more social services staff with an increased number of kids who get services. The funding for those positions were based entirely on having children who needed them. [b]My concern is not that the homeless students will ruin the schools, but that the schools will not be equipped to provide the support those students need[/b].[/quote]

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