Enrollment
This is where we send K-8th graders who need to enroll in school for the first time.
What is the locally zoned school?
Bonus -- what if there is no locally zoned school, e.g. middle schools in D15?
This is the form that must be completed for a PreK'er in temporary housing to request busing.
What is a transportation exception request?
A student in temporary housing has the right to attend either of these two schools.
What is their school of origin, or a school local to their temporary housing location?
This person is the primary liaison between the shelter and school staff.
Who is the Shelter-Based Community Coordinator?
This is the website families must use to apply to 3K, PreK, Kindergarten, Middle School, and High School.
What is MySchools?
This is where we send K-8th graders who want to transfer to a school closer to their temporary housing location.
What is the locally zoned school?
Students in a DHS shelter will be automatically routed routed if these two things are completed.
What are transportation status updated to B or U in CARES, and address is up-to-date in ATS?
These types of high school have separate admissions processes and can be contacted directly to inquire about space and suitability, instead of going to the Family Welcome Center.
What are Transfer Schools and the International High Schools?
Every school has one one of these designated to be the primary contact for students in temporary housing at their school.
What is an STH School-Based Liaison?
Bonus - can this person change mid-year?
This is the account families need to access bus routes, report cards, and other student information.
What is NYCSA, or New York City Schools Account?
This is how we typically support 9th-12th graders who need to either enroll in school or transfer to a closer school.
What is by referring or helping to arrange an appointment with the appropriate Family Welcome Center.
This is what what we do if students eligible for busing have not been routed within 2 weeks of all information being updated.
What is send the appropriate transportation escalation email?
This is when high school applications will open for current 8th graders applying to high school for fall 2026.
What is October 7th?
This is who to contact when a student in temporary housing with mandated transportation on their IEP has not been routed.
Who is the District Transportation Liaison for the district in which the child attends school?
This is where Shelter-Based CC's can get the code families need to create a NYCSA account.
What is FAM, Family Access Management?
Who are the appropriate Family Welcome Center, sth_enrollment, Patricia Rivera, and my Regional Manager?
These are the only high schoolers in temporary housing eligible for busing.
Who are high schoolers with transportation mandated on their IEP?
This is who handles school placement for students with IEPs mandating a special class in a community school, and for a special class in a specialized school.
What is the appropriate CSE for community schools, and the D75 Placement office for specialized schools?
The Executive Director of the Office of Students in Temporary Housing and Foster Care.
Who is Dr. April Leong?
For these three types of transfer, a family must speak to their school first.
What are safety, guidance, and bilingual transfers?
After waitlists close, this is how we support families eligible for 3K or PreK to find a program.
What is use MySchools to identify programs in their preferred area and call the programs directly to inquire about seat availability?
Bonus -- when do wait lists close this year?
This is the additional item schools should provide to families in temporary when the student received an OMNY card.
What is a parent metrocard?
Bonus - this is how schools obtain STH parent Metrocards.
This is who I can contact when I am not sure what to do next.
Who is my Regional Manager?
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This person is a centrally-funded, school-based staff member whose primary role is to provide clinical support to students in temporary housing and students in foster care.
Who is a Bridging the Gap Social Worker?
Four of the situations in which students required a transportation exception request to access bus service.
PreK'ers in any type of temporary housing.
PreK-6th graders in non-DHS shelters, including domestic violence or HPD.
7th-8th graders in temp housing who have an IEP that does not mandate transportation.
Age-eligible students transitioning into permanent housing.