Homeless Education 

In December of 2001, Congress made stronger a law giving children and youth in homeless situation the right to go to school, no matter where they live.  The law is called the McKinney-Vento Act, and it gives children and youth in homeless situation the right to: 

• Stay in their school of origin, even if they move
• Enroll in a new school without proof of residency, immunizations, school records or other papers
• Get transportation to school
• Go to pre-school programs
• Get all the school services they need
• Have disagreements with schools settled quickly
• Go to the school they choose while disagreements are settled

The McKinney-Vento Act is a federal law, passed in 1987 to help people experiencing homelessness.  Part of the law protects the rights of children and youth who are homeless to go to school.  The law says that a child or youth without a fixed, regular and adequate residence is homeless.  It does not matter how long the child or youth has been without a home.  It also does not matter if the child or youth is living with a parent or is separated from parents.  Under the Act, students are homeless if they are: 

• Living with a friend, relative or someone else because they lost their home or can’t afford a home;
• Staying in a motel or hotel;
• Living in an emergency or transitional shelter or a domestic violence shelter;
• Staying in a substandard housing;
• Living in a car, park, public place, abandoned building or bus or train station;
• Awaiting foster care placement;
• Living in a campground or an inadequate trailer home;
• Abandoned in a hospital;
• Living in a runaway or homeless youth shelter

Migrant children, pre-school children, and youth on their own are covered if they fit into one of these categories.  Runaway youth can be considered homeless even if their families want them to come home.  Students who live in any public or private place that is not supposed to be a regular residence is covered. 

For more information or questions concerning homelessness, please contact the district’s Homeless Liaison, Rosemary P. Choice at (803) 625-5255. 

FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM 

Purpose 

The Early Childhood Development and Academic Assistance Act (Act 135) requires that funds generated be used to provide family literacy programs with the overall purpose of supporting parents/guardians of children ages 0-5 years in their role as the principal teachers of their preschool children.  Programs must be designed to serve children, parents (or guardians), and parents and children together as a family unit.  School districts must provide comprehensive family literacy programs that address intergenerational cycles of poverty through adult education, early childhood and parenting education. 

Goal 

The goal of family literacy is to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by improving the educational opportunities of the state’s low-income families by integrating early childhood education, adult literacy or adult basic education, and parenting education into a unified family literacy program. 
 
 

SOCIAL WORK 

Social work services are provided to assist students and families who are experiencing problems that interfere with academic achievement. 

Rosemary P. Choice This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it us  (803) 625-5255 

Pupil Services Contact Info

Rosemary P. Choice Pupil Services Coordinator (803) 625-5255 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Syneke DeVore Secretary (803) 625-5256 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it