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Cohoes, Lansingburgh schools share federal grant to aid homeless students [TimesUnion.com]

 

Two Capital Region school districts were awarded a $60,000 federal grant to team up in the coming school years and improve academic outcomes for their homeless students.

The Cohoes City School District and Lansingburgh Central School District — while in separate counties and on opposite sides of the Hudson River — often serve the same homeless population, district officials said. Because Cohoes strictly enforces state-set occupancy limits that prohibit too many people from living in the same rental property, families who wind up homeless in the Albany County city often end up moving to the other side of the river in Lansingburgh.

"We're thrilled to be partnering with our neighbors across the river to ensure that these students are assisted during a difficult and uncertain time," said Cohoes Superintendent Jennifer Spring. "The grant will help us alleviate the unique barriers these students face."

The federal McKinney-Vento grant, named for the 1987 act governing the education of homeless children, is good for three years and will be used to improve the enrollment, attendance and academic outcomes of the districts' homeless students.

Together, the districts serve nearly 200 homeless children, with about 105 at the elementary level, 54 at the middle school level and 41 at the high school level.

About $40,000 of the grant will be used to purchase Google Chromebooks, software licenses and classroom supplies for the students, as well as to provide transportation to and from after-school learning programs in both Cohoes and Lansingburgh. The grant will also fund an after-hours open media center for parents to access computers within their home district.



[For more of this story, written by Bethany Bump, go to http://www.timesunion.com/loca...al-grant-9174187.php]

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