Lee County Schools is dedicated to ensuring that all children and youth who are in transition have access to the public education to which they are entitled. The main themes of the McKinney-Vento Act include: school access; school stability; support for academic success; and child-centered, best interest decision making. If you have a question regarding services offered to students in transition, please contact your student's school social worker or Johnnye Waller at
jwaller@lee.k12.nc.us Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent of Auxiliary Services/Student Services Director. (919-774-6226) Information regarding the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY) Program Act may be found by going to
https://www.naehcy.org The North Carolina Homeless Education Program (NCHEP) website
https://hepnc.uncg.edu/ provides additional information relating to services offered to students in transition. State Coordinator, Lisa Phillips
lphillip@serve.org