The Student Services Department works collaboratively with building administrators, staff, and community partners to provide a multi-tiered system of supports, and manages all services related to every student’s academic, social-emotional, physical, and behavioral needs. This work is done by providing plans, programs, and services that will prepare every student for success, and provide them with equal access to opportunities that will allow them to gain the most from their education in order to reach their fullest potential.
Student Services encompasses the following areas and personnel
Attendance- Attendance Specialists
- Homelessness (McKiney-Vento)- In collaboration with Parent Engagement Coordinator
Health Services- District Nurse and Clinic Aides
- Positive Behavior Intervention & Support (PBIS)- PBIS teams/committees
Mental Health/Social-Emotional -Social Workers/ Partnership with outside provider
Alternative Education- Alternative Education teachers & online programming
Student Enrollment/Registration
Restorative Justice- Restorative Justice Specialists
Expulsions and Suspensions
McKinney-Vento /Homeless Children and
Youth Program
The McKinney-Vento
Education of Homeless Children and Youth Assistance Act is a federal law that
ensures immediate enrollment and educational stability for homeless children
and youth. The purpose of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Youth
Program is to ensure that all children and youth, including preschoolers, have
equal access to the same free and appropriate public education, as non-homeless
children and youth.
Homeless Defined
The McKinney-Vento Act defines homeless children as "individuals who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence." The act provides examples of children who would fall under this definition:
- Children
and youth sharing housing due to loss of housing, economic hardship or a
similar reason
- Children
and youth living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camp grounds due to lack
of alternative accommodations
- Children
and youth living in emergency or transitional shelters
- Children
and youth abandoned in hospitals
- Children and youth whose primary nighttime residence is not ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation (e.g. park benches, etc.)
- Children
and youth living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings,
substandard housing, bus or train stations
- Migratory children
and youth living in any of the above situations
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for more information on this act
If you are aware of a homeless family who needs assistance, please contact the Coordinator of Student Services, 3594 N. Snyder Road, Trotwood, OH 45426 or call the Student Services office at (937) 854-3050 extension 1181