Even school-aged children can face homelessness, and school districts work to make sure they still have the resources and support they need.
Federal law guarantees educational rights and services for those students, but this year Rutherford County Schools did not receive its homeless education grant funding. Now, the district is asking the community to step in.
“It feels like they’ve been looked over,” said Jessica Johnson, liaison for the district’s ATLAS program. “They’ve been ignored and they deserve every opportunity.”…