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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eaton has to take all kids from the new shelter set to open in the spring.
Eaton is 100% full, in fact in the temp trailers during Reno but still will have to take the homeless kids from the "ward 3" shelter. 
Why cant janney, murch, & hearst all help as fellow responsible ward 3 schools?
Homeless kids actually have the right to attend any dcps school, so dont say "because the shelter is in the eaton boundary". And if ward 3 really wants to help the homeless kids than everyone should pool resources and do right by them. Not just mary cheh's usual target.[/quote]

Homeless students can’t go wherever they want. They can stay in the school where they were enrolled before becoming homeless, or move schools to be closer to where they are staying now. [/quote]

Yes, they can go wherever they want. And yes, they can stay at their "school of origin".

From the McKinney-Vento Act:

School Enrollment and Full Participation
Homeless children and youth must be enrolled in school immediately, even if they lack documents or have missed application or enrollment deadlines during any period of homelessness.[xvii]
SEAs and LEAs must develop, review, and revise policies to remove barriers to the identification, enrollment, and retention of homeless students in school, including barriers due to fees, fines, and absences.[xviii]
[b]If a dispute arises over eligibility, school selection or enrollment, the child or youth must be immediately enrolled in the school in which the parent, guardian or unaccompanied youth seeks enrollment, pending resolution of the dispute, including all available appeals.[/b][xix]
States must have procedures to ensure that homeless children and youth do not face barriers to accessing academic and extracurricular activities.[xx][/quote]

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