NY: Rare New York City Charter School Has a Unique Mission: Best-Serving Homeless and Foster Children
Imprint – April 16, 2023
Mott Haven Academy Charter School is believed to be the first school in the country created specifically for children in foster care, and likely one of the few in existence. Its foundational goals can be found inside and outside the classroom, where the children’s emotional needs are as important as their academics. Not all of the school’s 500 students from preschool through eighth grade are in foster care. Some are living in the city’s homeless shelters, others come from the surrounding low-income neighborhood. “Teachers will always be in communication with you every step of the way of their journey, what is happening with them good and bad,” said Karina Linares, a mother of three kids who’ve attended the school who works there as a manager of events and facilities.
Also: Report: Documenting the Haven Academy model: https://bit.ly/3mzmPiz
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