Under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, a number of students along the bus route in rural Williston, North Dakota, can be considered homeless.
“If you live in a camper, you are considered to be homeless,” said Principal Guglich. “We have a large population of students who live in campers with their families. We have to deal with that as far as meeting their needs because, you know, we’re expecting them to come to learn.”
(Source: pbs.org)
Are you moving to North Dakota?
As people across the country relocate to oil-rich North Dakota for employment opportunities, boomtowns are already experiencing population growing pains — especially when it comes to education. In Williston, for example, the school district is trying to come up with $26 million to build additional classrooms to accommodate 1,200 new students.
Are you moving to North Dakota? Is your whole family moving with you? Do you have any concerns? Are you an educator in North Dakota? What changes have you been seeing?
Let us know what you’ve been seeing by filling out this questionnaire.
(via newshouramgrad)
PBS NewsHour is one of the most trusted news programs on TV and online- and now Tumblr. Have a question, request or feedback? Ask!
Also: Find us on Facebook, YouTube and Flickr
