North Carolina mother sues school district for kicking her homeless kids out of class

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North Carolina mother sues school district for kicking her homeless kids out of class
thehill.com

A woman in North Carolina is suing a school district, alleging officials forced her children to switch schools while they experienced homelessness.

The suit from the mother, identified as K.L., claims Gaston County Schools; Lisa Phillips, state coordinator for Education of Homeless Children; and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction failed her children when the district forced the children to leave their original schools while already facing the trauma of homelessness.

The 17-page lawsuit filed on Jan. 26 states K.L. was evicted from her residence in September 2023 while her children were students at New Hope Elementary and Cramerton Middle School.

With two children and nowhere to go, the suit states the disabled veteran mother switched both children to car riders while searching for steady housing. While the family remained in the same city, they were not located in the same school zone following the eviction.

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were they kicked out for being obnoxious disturbances?

It's nice how you immediately jump to victim-blaming with absolutely no context.

The title makes it seem like her kids are being kicked out of school for being homeless.

Because that was the point of the article.

And why was she evicted from her residence?

Wholly irrelevant question.

I'll explain what likely happened given what was in the article:

She was kicked out of her house. Her children therefore did not live in the school district. The school administration decided to kick them out of school for not living in the district.

Are they following the letter of the law? Probably. Could they be more compassionate and flexible? Definitely.

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