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McKinney-Vento liaisons say reassignment could affect support for 830 temporarily housed students
Summary
Two district McKinney-Vento liaisons were reassigned to school-building social work roles, a liaison warned, and she urged the board to ensure staff assigned to homelessness work have experience with homeless management systems and the law.
A McKinney-Vento liaison told the Mount Vernon Board of Education on June 3 that reassigning district liaisons risks disrupting services for students in temporary housing and urged that experienced personnel handle the work.
Ramona Parker, who said she has served as a McKinney-Vento liaison and began work in the district in 2016, told trustees that she and another liaison, Doctor Reynolds, were reassigned to school-building social-worker roles and that attendance teachers would assume McKinney-Vento responsibilities. “I just worry that…
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