Homelessness presents unique challenges for Cheney schools

Cheney School District Director of Student Support Services Kristi Thurston is worried when she thinks about homeless students in the district.

When it comes to homeless students, there are many worries. Worries about getting those identified as homeless enrolled. Worries about providing some degree of stability in their lives to help with their receiving a good education.

And there’s the worry of identification — perhaps the biggest.

“I worry that there is a family living somewhere who we don’t know about.” Thurston said.

That’s one of the reasons why the district recently added language to i...

 

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