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Students in Foster Care
DeLaSalle High School is dedicated to supporting all students, including students in foster care. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) helps ensure educational stability and school continuity for students experiencing foster care placement.
DeLaSalle works to support students in foster care through enrollment assistance, coordination with caregivers and caseworkers, academic and social-emotional support, and connections to school and community resources.
In order to facilitate this process and to serve as the educational liaison for foster children, the District designates DeLaSalle High Schools Social Worker to oversee and assess the foster care program.
The Board recognizes students in foster care experience mobility in and out of the foster care system and from one home placement to another that may disrupt their education, and which may create barriers to academic success and on-time graduation. DeLaSalle, in collaboration with state and local agencies, will work to minimize or eliminate educational barriers for students in foster care, particularly in enrollment, transfer of student records, and transportation to their school of origin, where appropriate. For purposes of this policy, “school of origin” is the school in which the student is enrolled at the time of placement in foster care. DeLaSalle will, to the largest extent possible, ensure that a child in foster care enrolls or remains in his or her school of origin, unless a determination is made that remaining in the student’s school of origin is not in the student’s best interest.
In determining the student’s best interest, the following factors will be considered:
- Preference of the student;
- Preference of the student’s parent or educational decision-making;
- The student’s attachment to the school, relationships with staff and peers;
- Placement of the student’s siblings;
- Influence of the school climate on the student, including safety;
- Availability and quality of the services in the school in meeting the student’s educational and socioemotional needs;
- History of school transfers and their impact;
- Impact of the length of commute;
- Whether the student has a disability under the IDEA or Section 504;
- Whether student is an EL student receiving language services.
To start the enrollment process please complete an online new student enrollment form found under the enrollment tab and provide the Foster Care Placement Letter with the requested enrollment documents.
Additional information regarding foster care educational rights can be found through the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
