Policy to support students experiencing homelessness, foster care

At tonight’s School Board meeting, Policy 251 is being voted on. This policy provides and improves mechanisms to identify and support students experiencing homelessness, foster care and other educational instabilities. This policy makes me extremely happy that these issues are being addressed. Prior to attending the Milton Hershey School, I was homeless and food insecure. I received free breakfast and lunch, and on many nights, only because of caring friends and family members, did we have dinner or food in the fridge. Had I not gone to Milton Hershey School, I don’t know how my educational journey would have gone, so I am grateful to the Cumberland Valley School Board and school administrators for thinking of these students and the burdens they face every single day.