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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So if we are paying for a hotel why don't we go ahead and pay for a school bus to pick up these kids OR have them enroll in closest school and mom can take classes or work? Then she would actually see mom cares about education/advancement. [/quote]

I agree about the school bus, and think that it would probably not be that difficult to coordinate, though still possibly beyond the ability of DCPS. However, even if you have a bus full of kids in that motel who are going to school, they are not all going to the same school. They cannot be required to go to the same school, either. McKinney-Vento school provisions were in direct response to policies where children living in shelters were educated in special schools, usually associated with the shelter. These schools were not good - teachers not qualified to teach, mixed age classrooms by necessity because not enough kids for proper "grade levels", poor facilities, etc. It is better for children experiencing homelessness to be in school with other children, and it is better for children to have educational stability. This is why McKinney-Vento requires that children be allowed to attend their previous school or the school zoned for their temporary living situation.[/quote]

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