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Missouri schools join forces to help military children
Lengthy separations from a parent serving in the military. Heightened anxiety about the safety of their mom or dad in uniform. Frequent moves from one town to the next and leaving familiar things behind. Overlaps in school curriculum and graduation requirement differences. Watching a military parent return home with an injury, or an invisible one like depression or post-traumatic stress. The grief of losing loved ones in combat. These are some of the realities that take a toll on young military hearts every day.
Navigating these challenges takes a village. Some Missouri schools have joined forces with families in the Armed Services to help provide military students with a softer academic landing.
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Briefly, the Purple Star School program is designed to help schools respond to the educational and social-emotional challenges military-connected children face during their transition to a new school and keep them on track to be college, workforce, and life-ready, according to the MCEC website.
The program defines military-connected children as children of active-duty, Reserve or National Guard personnel.
States can set up the program by either passing statewide legislation or enacting it through the state education department. The Purple Star School program currently is in effect or in development in 11 states, and the MCEC urges states coming into the program to look to those other states for guidance in setting up their own program.