Contact the district’s Homeless, Foster Care & Military Families Coordinator:
Dr. Jennifer A. Stys
Phone #: 781-942-9129
Email: Jennifer.Stys@reading.k12.ma.us
Homeless Education
Reading provides various types of support for students and their families experiencing homelessness in order to help them attend school consistently. Eligible families may be living in shelters or may not have their own lease because they are temporarily staying with family members or acquaintances due to economic hardship or similar reasons.
Foster Care Education
Educational stability has a lasting impact on students' academic achievement and well-being. Reading is committed to supporting all efforts to ensure that students in foster care have equal access to high-quality, stable educational experiences from preschool (if offered) through high school graduation.
Educational Opportunities for Military Children
To facilitate the placement, enrollment, graduation, data collection, and provision of special services for students transferring into or out of the district because of their parents or guardians being on active duty in the U.S. Armed Services, the District supports and will implement its responsibilities as outlined in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. The district believes it is appropriate to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families resulting from frequent moves required by parents' or guardians' military deployment.