School for Homeless Children Opens in Orange County
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COSTA MESA — A new one-room school designed to help homeless children who are frequently turned away by school districts that are unwilling to enroll students without permanent addresses opened this month for its first full academic year.
Transitions, which is run in conjunction with the Interfaith Shelter and the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, is staffed by a fully accredited teacher, and students can receive breakfast and lunch there, donated school supplies and all the necessary immunizations.
While the children are in school, parents can look for housing or work, or attend counseling or job training sessions, said Mike Murphy, Newport-Mesa’s director of alternative programs and student services.
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