FOSTER CARE STUDENT INFORMATION
In accordance with PHR3 Board of Education policy IBGE, the district designates the Director of Student and Special Services as the liaison for foster care students.
The liaison will provide assistance regarding all aspects of enrollment, placement, and transfer and withdrawal of children in foster care and serves as the point of contact for DESE and the Children’s Division. The liaison will also work with DESE and the Children’s Division to implement the district’s complaint resolution process.
Sarah Gregory
Director of Student and Special Services
Foster Care Liaison
816-540-4700
Enrollment and Placement of Foster Care Students
Students in a foster care placement located within the boundaries of the district will be educated in the school of origin unless it is not in the best interest of the student to do so. A student placed in the school of origin will remain in the school of origin for the duration of the time he or she is in foster care with reviews as appropriate. If it is not in the best interest of the student to stay in the school of origin, the Pleasant Hill R3 School District will immediately enroll the student, even if the student is unable to produce records normally required for enrollment, and will contact the school of origin to obtain relevant records.
Foster care students who attend school in the district because attending the school of origin was not in their best interest will be initially placed in the same courses and programs the students were in while attending the previous district to the extent this district offers such courses and programs. After placement, the district may perform additional evaluations to ensure that the student has been placed appropriately and may change the student's placement after consultation with the student's foster parent and/or the educational decision maker.