Panorama Schools provides services to students, regardless of their living situation, so they are prepared to come to school and learn every day. It is a priority of Panorama Schools that a homeless student’s education is not interrupted.

The Panorama Schools works with families to overcome barriers that may prevent a student from coming to school every day, ready to learn. The school district follows the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act. Homeless students, or students in transition, are given access to the same public education that is provided to other children.

If you or your child:

• Live in a shelter

• Share housing with relatives or others because you lost your housing or cannot afford housing

• Live in a campground, car, abandoned building, or other inadequate shelter

• Do not have a permanent address and/or permanent housing

• Live on the street

• Live in temporary foster care

• Are an unaccompanied youth

You have the right to:

• Immediately enroll in and attend school without having health and school records with you

• Enroll in school where you are living or the school attended when permanently housed…if it is in your child’s best interest

• Receive transportation to and from school of origin

• Participate in school-related activities and receive other needed services

• Utilize a dispute resolution process if you have a grievance

For more information, contact:

Chris Webner, Homeless Coordinator

Panorama Community School District

701 West Main Street

Panora, Iowa 50216

641-755-2317

webner@panorama.k12.ia.us